Thomas Dietz

Thomas Dietz (born May 19, 1982) is a professional juggler from Regensburg, Germany.[1] He is recognized as one of the greatest technical jugglers in the world. He holds various unofficial juggling records and also the five club juggling world record of 53 minutes and 21 seconds.[2] However, he gained most of his popularity through several juggling videos featuring his highly technical tricks including siteswap variations, pirouettes, and long runs of numbers with clubs, balls, and sometimes rings.

Titles

2004

International Jugglers' Association 57th Summer Festival[3]
World Juggling Federation WJF1[4]

2005

World Juggling Federation WJF2[5]

2006

World Juggling Federation WJF3[6]

2007

World Juggling Federation WJF4[7]

2008

World Juggling Federation WJF5[8]

Videos

Mark Probst, a friend of Thomas, released several videos of Thomas and others (including himself and Vova Galchenko) juggling by posting them to the newsgroup rec.juggling under his nickname "Schani".

Produced by Thomas

In December 2006, Thomas began releasing short videos on YouTube.

References

  1. "Thomas Dietz - Vita". Thomas Dietz. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. "List of Numbers Juggling Records". Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON). Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  3. "Championships Results - 57th IJA Summer Festival". International Jugglers' Association. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  4. "The 2004 WJF Championships". World Juggling Federation. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  5. "WJF2 - The 2005 WJF Championships". World Juggling Federation. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  6. "2006 Competition Results". World Juggling Federation. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  7. "WJF4 Competition Results". World Juggling Federation. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  8. "WJF5 Competition Results". World Juggling Federation. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

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