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*6 [[Club juggling|clubs]]: 7 minutes 38 seconds in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/fZMHZDsla4s video])
 
*6 [[Club juggling|clubs]]: 7 minutes 38 seconds in 2005 ([https://youtu.be/fZMHZDsla4s video])
 
*7 clubs: 4 minutes 23 seconds in 2005 ([http://youtu.be/Iw55Qyt8zVg video] of a slightly shorter run)
 
*7 clubs: 4 minutes 23 seconds in 2005 ([http://youtu.be/Iw55Qyt8zVg video] of a slightly shorter run)
*8 clubs: 16 catches in 2006 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyqrC1qrZ8#t=1m33s video]), tied with [[Willy Colombaioni]] in 2015 <span style="font-weight:normal;">(</span>[https://www.facebook.com/willy.colombaioni/videos/813009892148811/ video]<span style="font-weight:normal;">, </span>[https://www.facebook.com/willy.colombaioni/videos/815617655221368/ video]<span style="font-weight:normal;">)</span>
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*8 clubs: 16 catches in 2006 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyqrC1qrZ8#t=1m33s video]), tied with [[Willy Colombaioni]] in 2015 <span style="font-weight:normal;">(</span>[https://youtu.be/wKAObxdsQwc?t=7s video]<span style="font-weight:normal;">)</span>
 
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Records with publicly available video evidence:
 
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Revision as of 16:54, 22 November 2015

Anthony Gatto
Anthony Gatto
7-11 ring world record holder

Websites

www.anthonygatto.com
YouTube: Anthony Gatto

Highest numbers juggled

9 balls solid
10 balls flashed
10 balls qualified? (claim)
10 rings qualified
11 rings qualified? (claim)
12 rings flashed
8 clubs qualified

 Anthony Gatto (born Anthony Commarota on April 14, 1973)[1][2] is an American juggler who holds 10 official, JISCON-verified world records,[3] and is regarded by many as the most skilled juggler in the world.[4] He was voted the world's most popular juggler in Luke Burrage's Top 40 Jugglers poll in 2003 and 2005,[5][6] and has been in the top 40 every year since the chart was first compiled in 2003.[7] He is the only juggler who has ever won the Golden Clown award at the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo[8], and he is the only juggler who has been featured on a Topps trading card.[4][9]

Anthony was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Ellicott City, Maryland.[10] He started juggling when he was almost four years old,[11] and won the IJA Junior Championship at the age of eight in his first year competing.[10][12] He was trained by his stepfather[1] Nick Gatto, a former vaudeville entertainer and member of the Los Gatos acrobatic trio,[10] who had had years of training as a coach in several fields, including boxing and gymnastics.[13] Anthony began performing professionally in Las Vegas at age ten. He has performed in the Cirque du Soleil shows Kooza (2007-2009) and La Nouba (2010-2012).[14][15] In 2014, it was discovered that Anthony has retired from performing[16] and now runs a concrete resurfacing business,[1][17] which he started in August 2012.[18][19]

World records

Records verified by JISCON:[3]

  • balls: 1 minute and 13 seconds in 2006 (video)
  • 9 balls: 54 seconds in 2006 (video)
  • 7 rings: 15 minutes and 6 seconds in 2006 (video)
  • 8 rings: 1 minute and 17 seconds in 1989 (video)
  • 9 rings: 235 catches in 2005
  • 10 rings: 47 catches in 2005
  • 11 rings: 17 catches in 2006

Records with publicly available video evidence:

Isolation

  • 9 balls isolated: 46 catches in 2011 (video)
  • 8 rings isolated: 125 catches in 2011 (video)
  • 9 rings isolated: 45 catches in 2011 (video)
  • 7 clubs isolated: 238 catches in 2011 (video)

Balancing

  • 8 balls with ball balance: 40 catches in 2007 (video at 0:40)
  • 8 balls with club balance: 48 catches (video)
  • 8 balls with pole balance: 24 catches in 2007 (video)
  • 10 balls with ball balance: 10 catches in 2009 (video)
  • 6 clubs with pole balance: 30 catches in 2006 (video at 8:12)
  • 7 clubs with ball balance: 43 catches in 2007 (video at 2:50)
  • 7 clubs with club balance: 44 catches in 2006 (video)

Head bounce

  • 6 balls with head bounce: 141 catches in 2000 (video at 15:33)
  • 7 balls with head bounce: 129 catches in 2006 (video)
  • 8 balls with head bounce: 31 catches in 2009 (video)
  • 9 balls with head bounce: 18 catches in 2006 (video)
  • 7 rings with head bounce: 75 catches in 2005 (video)
  • 8 rings with head bounce: 61 catches in 2006 (video)
  • 9 rings with head bounce: 31 catches in 2007 (video at 2:46)
  • 10 rings with head bounce: 14 catches in 2009 (video)
  • 11 rings with head bounce: 11 catches in 2005 (video at 1:10)
  • 5 clubs with head bounce: 115 catches in 2007 (video)
  • 7 clubs with head bounce: 28 catches in 2009 (video)
  • 2 ball head bounce: 62 bounces in 2006 (video at 1:13:42)

Halfshower

  • 7 ring halfshower: 55 catches in 2008 (video)
  • 9 ring halfshower: 11 catches in 2006 (video)

Overhead throws

  • 7 ball overheads: 59 catches in 2009 (video)
  • 6 club overheads: 6 catches (video)

Body throws

  • 4 club back-to-front body throws: 4 catches in 2005 (video), tied with Ameron Rosvall in 2010 (video)
  • 5 club back-to-front body throws: 5 catches in 2006 (video at 58:55)

Spins

  • 360 qualified with the most rings: 8 rings, 8 up in 2008 (video)
  • 360 qualified with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 7 up (video), tied with Vova Galchenko in 2008 (video)
  • 720 qualified with the most rings: 7 rings, 7 up 2-stage in 2009 (video), tied with Laido Dittmar in 2015 (video)
  • 1080 qualified with the most rings: 6 rings, 6 up 3-stage (video at 1:31 - Note: This file stops downloading halfway, but is still viewable to 2:10), tied with Jason Garfield (video)
  • Most 7 ball 7 up 360s in 1 minute: 8 in 2006 (video)

Other

Former world records:

Records with insufficient video evidence:

  • 5 rings in 1 hand: 19 catches in 2005 (the whole pattern isn't visible in the video)
  • 6 clubs with head bounce: 102 catches in 2005 ("6clubsWball30" video no longer available)

Unverified claims:[23]

  • 9 balls: 348 catches
  • 9 rings: 272 catches
  • 10 rings: 64 catches
  • 11 rings: 22 catches
  • 12 rings: 15 catches
  • 11 rings with pole balance: 11 catches in 1998 (claim)
  • 5 clubs with pole balance: 2 minutes in 2000 (claim)
  • 9 ball overheads: 9 catches (claim)

Competitions

Anthony won the following IJA competitions.[24]

1981 (age 8):

  • Stage: Juniors

1983:

1986:

  • Stage: Individuals
  • Numbers: Solo Balls
  • Numbers: Solo Rings
  • Numbers: Solo Clubs

1989:

  • Numbers: Solo Balls
  • Numbers: Solo Rings
  • Numbers: Solo Clubs (first person ever to juggle 7 clubs for over 100 catches in competition - age 16)

1991 (age 18):

  • Numbers: Solo Balls (IJA competition record: 60 catches of 9 balls)
  • Numbers: Solo Rings (43 catches of 9 rings, a new IJA competition record at the time, broken in 1996 by Albert Lucas with 20 catches of 10 rings)
  • Numbers: Solo Clubs (IJA competition record: 230 catches of 7 clubs)

1991 IJA Numbers Championships highlights video

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://grantland.com/features/anthony-gatto-juggling-cirque-du-soleil-jason-fagone/
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gatto
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.juggling.org/records/records.html
  4. 4.0 4.1 http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/9935/cid/433319/2010-Topps-Allen-&-Ginter-99-Anthony-Gatto
  5. http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/world/jugglers/top40of2003.html
  6. http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/world/jugglers/top40of2005.html
  7. http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog/archives/1643
  8. http://www.montecarlofestival.mc/palmares/palmares-1998-2002/
  9. http://www.anthonygatto.com/v1/career.php
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 http://www.anthonygatto.com/v1/biography.php#
  11. http://anthonygatto.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4974
  12. http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/1981-cleveland-oh/
  13. http://www.juggling.org/help/essays/gatto.html
  14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gatto
  15. http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/01/world-renowned-juggler-joins-la-nouba-by-cirque-du-soleil/
  16. https://www.facebook.com/groups/JugglingRock/permalink/627839443952281
  17. http://bigtopcr.com/about/
  18. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gatto
  19. https://www.facebook.com/bigtopcr/info
  20. http://web.archive.org/web/20040207131152/http://juggling.org/records/records.html
  21. http://www.thewjf.com/stories/7_26_08_update.php
  22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_08RmjLVrpE
  23. http://web.archive.org/web/20070902181415/http://www.anthonygatto.com/Gatto-fan-index.html
  24. http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/