World Juggling Federation
The World Juggling Federation (WJF) is an organization that promotes juggling as a sport .
history
In 2000, the WJF was founded by Jason Garfield , a long-time member of the International Jugglers' Association . He was able to gain attention by targeting juggling as a sport. The organization became better known in 2004 when Jason Garfield bought airtime on ESPN to show clips from the WJF II juggling competitions.
Competitions
The most famous event of the WJF is the WJF Convention, which was broadcast on ESPN2 . The association motivates jugglers to compete against each other in order to get better at technical juggling. The following juggling props are used in WJF events, among others:
If there are enough participants, there are also the following competitions:
- Club fit
- 360s
- endurance
- Freestyle
- Extreme competitions
There is the following subdivision of the participants of the competitors: "junior", "beginner", "intermediate" and "advanced"
Conventions and competitions
Every year there is a WJF Convention at which an annual winner receives the title "Overall Champion" within the framework of the competitions. Following the WJF there was a competition for the presidency ("Battle for the WJF Presidency") from which Thomas Dietz emerged victorious over Jason Garfield . Shortly afterwards there were disputes between Thomas Dietz and Jason Garfield, with Garfield posting private emails on his web forum to portray Thomas Dietz as the villain. At the WJF 7 in 2011, Doug Sayers was originally announced as "Overall Champion", but this turned out to be wrong due to an incorrect counting of the points, as Vova Galchenko had scored more points.
year | event | place | Winner, title |
---|---|---|---|
2004 | WJF Convention | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
2005 | WJF2 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Thomas Dietz , Overall Champion |
2006 | WJF3 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Thomas Dietz, Overall Champion |
2007 | WJF4 | Hartford, Connecticut | Thomas Dietz, Overall Champion |
2008 | WJF5 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Thomas Dietz, President. |
2010 | WJF6 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Doug Sayers, Overall Champion |
2011 | WJF7 | Springfield, Illinois | Vova Galchenko, Overall Champion |
2012 | WJF8 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Doug Sayers, Overall Champion |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grossman, Lev. "Up In the Air," Time (US), July 16, 2006
- ^ WJF Convention (2004) ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b WJF2 (2005) ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b WJF3 (2006) ( Memento from October 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b WJF4 (2007) ( Memento from September 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b WJF5 (2008) ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b WJF6 (2010) ( Memento from September 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b WJF7 (2011) ( Memento from September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b WJF8 (2012) ( Memento from June 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )