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12 club [[Passing|passing]] qualified (in competition)
  
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|caption = 2011 [[WJF]] Overall Champion}}'''Vladimir Galchenko'''<ref name=nyt>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/sports/playmagazine/601juggler.html?pagewanted=2</ref>''' '''(born September 15, 1987),<ref name=bio>http://vova.galchenko.com/about/</ref> known as '''Vova''',<ref name=nyt/> is a juggler originally from Penza, Russia.<ref name=bio/> In 1995 Vova started performing a juggling act with three other boys, however, he soon left the act to practice and perform with his sister [[Olga Galchenko|Olga]].<ref name=bio/>
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|caption = 2011 [[WJF]] Overall Champion}}'''Vladimir Galchenko'''<ref name=nyt>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/sports/playmagazine/601juggler.html?pagewanted=2</ref>''' '''(born September 15, 1987),<ref name=bio>http://vova.galchenko.com/about/</ref> known as '''Vova''',<ref name=nyt/> is a juggler originally from Penza, Russia.<ref name=bio/>
   
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Vova and his sister [[Olga Galchenko|Olga]] moved to the United States in 2003, where they received training from [[Jason Garfield]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070110233741/http://jasongarfield.com/2004.html</ref> The Galchenkos went on to break four [[World records|world records]] in [[Club juggling|club]] [[Passing|passing]]<ref name=records1>http://web.archive.org/web/20040207131152/http://juggling.org/records/records.html</ref><ref name=records2>http://web.archive.org/web/20050205103558/http://juggling.org/records/records.html</ref> and win seven [[IJA]] and [[WJF]] club passing competitions.<ref name=ija>http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/</ref><ref name=wjf>http://www.thewjf.com/allevents.php</ref>
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In 2001, their father began filming them performing tricks and posted the videos online. They soon began receiving invitations to perform abroad. Vova and Olga soon became widely known in the European juggling community for their high level of technical ability, both on and off stage, especially as they were both very young.<ref name=wikipedia>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vova_and_Olga_Galchenko</ref> At the ages of 12 and 15, they broke two [[Club juggling|club]] [[Passing|passing]] [[World records|world records]],<ref name=bio/> and were featured performers at many large juggling [[Conventions|conventions and festivals]] in Europe, including the 2002 [[British Juggling Convention]], the 2002 and 2003 [[Dresden Juggling Convention]], the 2002 European Youth Circus Festival, and the 2003 [[EJC|European Juggling Convention]].<ref name=wikipedia/>
  
   
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Vova won the IJA Individuals Stage Competition in 2008,<ref>http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2008.php</ref> and the WJF Overall Championship in 2011.<ref>http://www.thewjf.com/wjf7/wjf7_results.php</ref> He was on [[Luke Burrage|Luke Burrage's]] [[Top 40 Jugglers|Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers]] chart every year from 2003 to 2013.<ref>http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog/archives/1643</ref> He ranked 2nd on the list in 2006.<ref>http://www.lukeburrage.com/audio/Juggling%20Podcast%201%20-%20The%20Top%2040%20Most%20Popular%20Jugglers%20of%202006.mp3</ref>
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In 2003 Vova and Olga moved from Russia to the United States, where they settled in Los Angeles and began training with [[Jason Garfield]] to improve their technical skills.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/juggling-world-in-a-spin-over-future-of-the-sport-408744.html</ref> They were already better than almost any team before they met Jason. Jason saw their potential and wanted to make sure that they reached it without developing any bad habits. He taught them to catch the clubs on the handles, some throwing techniques, body form and position, and proper practice structure.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070110233741/http://jasongarfield.com/2004.html</ref> In 2003, they won the [[IJA]] Club Passing [[Numbers juggling|Numbers]] competition with 116 catches of 11 clubs.<ref>http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2003.php</ref> In 2004, they won the Teams competitions at the IJA<ref>http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2004.php</ref> and the [[WJF]], and Vova won the WJF Advanced Club Program and three other WJF club competitions. In 2005 Vova won the WJF Team Club Passing competition again with a new partner, [[Dave Nager]], and in 2006 Vova and Olga competed together again and won the Club Passing competition one more time.<ref name=wjf>http://www.thewjf.com/allevents.php</ref>
  
   
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== World records ==
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Though Olga gave up juggling soon after coming to the US, Vova kept at it, and was able to take his juggling career to new heights with many high profile live shows and media appearances, including features in The New York Times, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Today Show, Nightline ABC and many others.<ref name=bio/> Vova was mainly a club juggler when he first started competing at the WJF, so he only entered club competitions, but he started also competing in [[Ball juggling|balls]] in 2006, and [[Ring juggling|rings]] in 2007, to improve his Overall Championship score. Vova continued to maintain his juggling practice regimen as he became a student of Mathematics and Computer Science at CalState Northridge in 2007.<ref name=bio/> Vova won the IJA Individuals Stage Competition in 2008,<ref>http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2008.php</ref> and the WJF Overall Championship in 2011.<ref>http://www.thewjf.com/wjf7/wjf7_results.php</ref> He has been on [[Luke Burrage|Luke Burrage's]] [[Top 40 Jugglers|Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers]] chart every year since it was first compiled in 2003. He ranked 2nd on the list in 2006.
  
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===World records===
  
 
Records with publicly available video evidence:
  
Records with publicly available video evidence:
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*5 clubs on a [[unicycle]]: 102 catches in 2003 ([http://youtu.be/BF1G_FkotXg video])
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*6 clubs on a unicycle: 12 catches in 2003 ([https://youtu.be/o0QfMOKKj1Q video])
   
 
*6 club [[Shoulder throws|shoulder throws]]: 8 catches in 2007 ([http://youtu.be/YetkjGEA4Vs?t=1m30s video])
  
*6 club [[Shoulder throws|shoulder throws]]: 8 catches in 2007 ([http://youtu.be/YetkjGEA4Vs?t=1m30s video])
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*6 club [[b97531]]: 1 round in 2011 ([http://youtu.be/LqYtPtfA1QI?t=30s video]), tied with [[Daniel Eaker]] in 2007 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow2v_3zrr-c#t=2m55s video]), [[Manuel Mitasch]] in 2009 ([http://youtu.be/3vdmhINjiHU video]), [[Wes Peden]] in 2009 ([http://youtu.be/QS4WMi_BkRQ?t=7m25s video]), [[Haavard Hvidsten]] in 2012 ([http://youtu.be/3fWymo4uG-o?t=40s video]), and [[Jack Denger]] in 2013 ([http://youtu.be/WhpcNNx7BJs?t=1m15s video])
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*7 club [[Backcrosses|backcrosses]]: 7 catches in 2007 ([https://youtu.be/UQgu41npkpM?t=4m35s video]), tied with [[Anthony Gatto]] in 2007 ([http://www.tradebit.es/usr/anthonygatto/pub/8/jan28-07.mov video] at 5:15), [[David Ferman]] in 2012 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09yIyim6PG0 video]), [[Jack Denger]] in 2013 ([http://youtu.be/-wjOGN9J5Rc?t=2m2s video]), [[Wes Peden]] in 2015 ([https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152743104282956 video]), [[Kento Tanioka]] in 2017 ([https://youtu.be/vun2gL9bCTI video]), and [[Anderson da Silva]] in 2019 ([https://www.instagram.com/p/B1haeaOgnI_/ video])
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*7 club [[Backcrosses|backcrosses]]: 7 catches in 2007 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQgu41npkpM#t=4m35s video]), tied with [[Anthony Gatto]] in 2007 ([http://www.tradebit.es/usr/anthonygatto/pub/8/jan28-07.mov video] at 5:15), [[David Ferman]] in 2012 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09yIyim6PG0 video]), and [[Jack Denger]] in 2013 ([http://youtu.be/-wjOGN9J5Rc?t=2m2s video])
  
   
 
*Most 5 club 5 up [[Spins|360s]] in 1 minute: 31 in 2008 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_08RmjLVrpE video])
  
*Most 5 club 5 up [[Spins|360s]] in 1 minute: 31 in 2008 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_08RmjLVrpE video])
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*Most [[Transitions|connected]] 5 club 5 up 360s: 9 in 2008 ([http://youtu.be/_08RmjLVrpE video])
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*Most [[Transition#Connections|connected]] 5 club 5 up 360s: 9 in 2008 ([http://youtu.be/_08RmjLVrpE video])
 
*Most connected 6 ring 4 up 360s: 2 in 2007 ([http://youtu.be/L18ViHtauJw?t=1m16s video])
  
*Most connected 6 ring 4 up 360s: 2 in 2007 ([http://youtu.be/L18ViHtauJw?t=1m16s video])
   
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*360 [[Qualify|qualified]] with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 7 up ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hL-FV-f4Hw video]), tied with [[Anthony Gatto]] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20061209223515/http://homepage.mac.com/anthonygatto/.Public/7clubs7up.mov video])
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*180 [[Qualify|qualified]] with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 5 up in 2006 ([https://youtu.be/bUkrct54veI?t=3m1s video]), tied with [[Anthony Gatto]] ([https://youtu.be/YiuPv6oXxeQ?t=1m4s video])
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*360 qualified with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 7 up in 2008 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hL-FV-f4Hw video]), tied with [[Anthony Gatto]] in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/v-Tn7Q0aJ2A?t=426 video])
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*720 qualified with the most clubs: 5 clubs, 5 up in 2006 ([http://youtu.be/bUkrct54veI?t=7m video]), tied with [[Thomas Dietz]] in 2007 ([http://youtu.be/NyJMfvVN7z0?t=2m55s video]), [[Christof Buch]] in 2009 ([http://youtu.be/XiULh0D27uU?t=2m37s video]), [[Cody Harrington]] in 2010 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BkKfbFzgdc video]), [[Paul Criner]] in 2010 ([http://youtu.be/25ZhW4sXyhA?t=7m27s video]), [[Daniel Ledel]] in 2011 ([http://youtu.be/nLsP1-Pn-Yw video]), [[Jack Denger]] in 2012 ([http://youtu.be/Jl6CKoaeNJU?t=2m43s video]), [[Iver Tronstad]] in 2012 ([http://youtu.be/RtqXvBNT0Hs?t=3m25s video]), [[Kenny Cheung]] in 2013 ([http://youtu.be/6ztlEg9pSig?t=8m14s video]), [[Haavard Hvidsten]] in 2014 ([http://youtu.be/8PPxxee-jWs video]), [[Dave Leahy]] in 2014 ([http://youtu.be/ID7_CbfnmYQ video]), and [[Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse]] in 2014 ([http://youtu.be/reSMMkKMO10?t=1m26s video])
  
 
*1080 qualified with the most clubs: 5 clubs, 5 up 2-stage in 2006 ([http://youtu.be/JOSpWPeVy_w?t=1m13s video]), tied with [[Jason Garfield]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O19O9iPiLg#t=53s video])
  
*1080 qualified with the most clubs: 5 clubs, 5 up 2-stage in 2006 ([http://youtu.be/JOSpWPeVy_w?t=1m13s video]), tied with [[Jason Garfield]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O19O9iPiLg#t=53s video])
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Records set in [[WJF]] competition:<ref name=wjf/>
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Records set in [[WJF]] competition:<ref name="wjf" />
   
 
*Most 3 club 3 up 360s in 1 minute: 42 (at [[WJF]] 3 and 7)
  
*Most 3 club 3 up 360s in 1 minute: 42 (at [[WJF]] 3 and 7)
 
*Most 3 club 3 up 720s in 1 minute: 17 (at [[WJF]] 2)
  
*Most 3 club 3 up 720s in 1 minute: 17 (at [[WJF]] 2)
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Former club [[Passing|passing]] world records by Vova and [[Olga Galchenko]]:<ref name="records1" /><ref name="records2" />
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*Most 5 ball 5 up 360s in 1 minute: 27 (at [[WJF]] 3), tied with [[Thomas Dietz]] (at [[WJF]] 3 and 4)
  
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*9 clubs: 676 passes caught
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Former club [[Passing|passing]] world records by Vova and [[Olga Galchenko]]:<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20040207131152/http://juggling.org/records/records.html</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050205103558/http://juggling.org/records/records.html</ref>
  
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*10 clubs: 378 passes caught
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*9 clubs: 676 passes caught (current record: 1392 passes caught by [[Manuel Mitasch|Manuel]] and [[Christoph Mitasch]])<ref name=records>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggling_world_records</ref>
  
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*11 clubs: 152 passes caught
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*10 clubs: 378 passes caught (current record: 682 passes caught by [[Daniel Ledel]] and [[Dominik Harant]])<ref name=records/>
  
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*12 clubs: 54 passes caught
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*11 clubs: 152 passes caught (current record: 237 passes caught by [[Manuel Mitasch|Manuel]] and [[Christoph Mitasch]])<ref name=records/>
  
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*12 clubs: 54 passes caught (current record: 85 passes caught by [[Daniel Ledel]] and [[Dominik Harant]])<ref name=records/>
  
   
 
[[File:Some juggling from 2007|480px|right]]
  
[[File:Some juggling from 2007|480px|right]]
   
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Vova won the following [[IJA]] and [[WJF]] competitions.<ref name=wjf/><ref>http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/</ref>
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Vova won the following [[IJA]] and [[WJF]] competitions.<ref name="ija" /><ref name="wjf" />
   
 
IJA 2003:
  
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*Stage: Individuals
  
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*Overall Championship
   
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Revision as of 23:09, 6 October 2019

Vova Galchenko
Vova Galchenko
2011 WJF Overall Champion

Websites

www.galchenko.com
YouTube: VovaGalchenko

Highest numbers juggled

9 balls qualified
8 rings qualified
7 clubs solid
12 club passing qualified (in competition)

 Vladimir Galchenko[1] (born September 15, 1987),[2] known as Vova,[1] is a juggler originally from Penza, Russia.[2]

Vova and his sister Olga moved to the United States in 2003, where they received training from Jason Garfield.[3] The Galchenkos went on to break four world records in club passing[4][5] and win seven IJA and WJF club passing competitions.[6][7]

Vova won the IJA Individuals Stage Competition in 2008,[8] and the WJF Overall Championship in 2011.[9] He was on Luke Burrage's Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers chart every year from 2003 to 2013.[10] He ranked 2nd on the list in 2006.[11]

World records

Records with publicly available video evidence:

  • 5 clubs on a unicycle: 102 catches in 2003 (video)
  • 6 clubs on a unicycle: 12 catches in 2003 (video)
  • Most 5 club 5 up 360s in 1 minute: 31 in 2008 (video)
  • Most connected 5 club 5 up 360s: 9 in 2008 (video)
  • Most connected 6 ring 4 up 360s: 2 in 2007 (video)

Records set in WJF competition:[7]

  • Most 3 club 3 up 360s in 1 minute: 42 (at WJF 3 and 7)
  • Most 3 club 3 up 720s in 1 minute: 17 (at WJF 2)

Former club passing world records by Vova and Olga Galchenko:[4][5]

  • 9 clubs: 676 passes caught
  • 10 clubs: 378 passes caught
  • 11 clubs: 152 passes caught
  • 12 clubs: 54 passes caught
Some_juggling_from_2007

Competitions

Vova won the following IJA and WJF competitions.[6][7]

IJA 2003:

IJA 2004:

WJF 1:

  • Advanced Clubs
  • 5 Club Freestyle[12]
  • 3 Club 360s
  • 5 Club 360s

IJA 2005:

WJF 2:

  • Advanced Clubs
  • Club Endurance
  • 3 Club 360s
  • 5 Club 360s
Challenge Competitions:[13]
  • 5 Club Low 360s
  • 3 Club Low 720s

WJF 3:

  • 5 Ball Freestyle
  • 7 Ball Freestyle
  • 3 Club Freestyle
  • 5 Club Freestyle
  • Club Endurance (second person ever to juggle 7 clubs for over 100 catches in competition)
  • 5 Ball 360s (tied with Thomas Dietz)
  • 3 Club 360s
  • 5 Club 360s
Challenge Competitions:[14]
  • 5 Club Low 360s
  • 3 Club Low 720s
  • 7 Ball Isolated Endurance
  • 7 Club Isolated Endurance

IJA 2007:

  • Numbers: Solo Clubs
  • Numbers: Club Passing with Peter Kaseman
  • Numbers: 3-Person Club Passing with Tsushi & Takashi Kikyo

WJF 4:

  • Advanced Clubs
  • 5 Ball Freestyle
  • 3 Club Freestyle
  • 5 Club Freestyle
  • Club Endurance[15]
  • 7 Club Isolated Endurance
  • 5 Club Backcross Isolated Endurance
  • 3 Club 360s
  • 5 Club 360s
Banana_Harvest_(Summer_2011)

IJA 2008:

  • Stage: Individuals

WJF 5:

  • Advanced Clubs
  • 6 Club Freestyle
  • 7 Club Freestyle
  • Ring Endurance (tied with Thomas Dietz)
  • Club Endurance
  • 7 Club Isolated Endurance
  • 5 Club Backcross Isolated Endurance
  • 5 Ball 360s (tied with Thomas Dietz)
  • 3 Club 360s
  • 5 Club 360s[16]
  • Triathlon

WJF 7:

  • 3 Club Freestyle
  • 5 Club Freestyle
  • 6 Club Freestyle
  • 7 Club Freestyle
  • Club Endurance
  • 7 Club Isolated Endurance
  • 3 Club 360s
  • 5 Club 360s
  • Overall Championship

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/sports/playmagazine/601juggler.html?pagewanted=2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://vova.galchenko.com/about/
  3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070110233741/http://jasongarfield.com/2004.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://web.archive.org/web/20040207131152/http://juggling.org/records/records.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://web.archive.org/web/20050205103558/http://juggling.org/records/records.html
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://www.thewjf.com/allevents.php
  8. ↑ http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2008.php
  9. ↑ http://www.thewjf.com/wjf7/wjf7_results.php
  10. ↑ http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog/archives/1643
  11. ↑ http://www.lukeburrage.com/audio/Juggling%20Podcast%201%20-%20The%20Top%2040%20Most%20Popular%20Jugglers%20of%202006.mp3
  12. ↑ http://www.thewjfstore.com/2004convention.php
  13. ↑ http://www.thewjfstore.com/2005convention.php
  14. ↑ http://www.thewjfstore.com/2006overall.php
  15. ↑ http://www.thewjfstore.com/2007overall.php
  16. ↑ http://thewjfstore.com/2008overall.php
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