Tom Whitfield

Tom Whitfield (born 6 December 1995)https://youtu.be/kvV5Vh-vYnM?t=440 is a Britishhttp://www.juggling-records.com/juggler_page.php?j=001 numbers juggler living in Bristol.https://youtu.be/kvV5Vh-vYnM?t=1183 He taught himself to flash 3 balls at the age of six, and he started practicing regularly when he was about 13.
Tom was the fourth person ever to juggle 9 balls for over 100 catches on video, the second person to qualify 11 balls,(video) and the third person to flash 13 balls on video.
In 2012, Tom created juggling-records.com,https://www.jugglingedge.com/forum.php?ThreadID=370&SmallID=2369#Small2369 a website that lets jugglers track and compare their personal records. In 2023, he and Eivind Dragsjø started running the Juggling League, a set of year-long online competitions for endurance and numbers juggling. Tom has placed first in the Ball category of the Numbers League each year so far.
Tom has been featured on the annual Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers list four times (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jejoL5G6wQshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W__pTPL2da8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl80Aplb4bshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4si4QsK8gkE
== World records==
Tom currently holds the following world records:
*5 balls in one hand: 53 catches in 2020 (video)
*6 balls in one hand: 20 catches in 2023 (video)
* 7 balls in one hand: 10 catches in 2022 (video), tied with Dylan Tweed in 2019 (video)
*9 balls with club balance: 19 catches in 2021 (video)
* 9 balls isolated: 53 catches in 2019 (video)
* 10 balls: 51 catches in 2024 (video)
*10 balls with club balance: 14 catches in 2021 (video)
*11 balls: 34 catches in 2022 (video)
*12 balls: 20 catches in 2024 (video), tied with Alex Barron in 2017 (video)
*18 ball passing: 30 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2022 (video)
*19 ball passing: 32 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2023 (video)
*20 ball passing: 27 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2019 (video)
*21 ball passing: 22 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2022 (video)
*22 ball passing: 22 passes caught with Dan Wood in 2018 (video) and with Dave Leahy in 2019 (video)
==Competitions==
Tom placed in the following IJA Numbers competitions:
2019:https://www.juggle.org/2019-ija-fest-review/
*Ball Passing with Mark Pender-Bare - 1st place
2021 (in an online version of the IJA Numbers Championships):https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2021-07https://youtu.be/EgEEAKLB3Ms?t=654
* Solo Balls - 1st place
2023:https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2023-08
*Solo Balls - 1st place (IJA competition record: 21 catches of 10 balls - video)
*Ball Passing with Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse - 2nd place
==References==
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