Lauge Benjaminsen

Lauge Benjaminsen (born 20 March 1993)http://thewjf.com/the-intercontinental-championship/intercontinental-championship-competitors/lauge-borch-benjaminsen/ is a juggler from Silkeborg, Denmark, known for his fast spins. He learned to juggle from a friend in April 2006.http://www.thewjf.com/WJF5/competitor_profile_pages/lauge/ Lauge was voted the world's most popular juggler in Luke Burrage's Top 40 Jugglers poll in 2011.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSw-6e5gy0k
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Some spin moves that Lauge has done:
*4 ball 1 high 3 low 4-stage 1440 (video)
*5 ball fdb97000000 1080 (video)*
*5 ball 3 up 1440 (video)*
*5 ball 5 up 3-stage 1440 (video)
*6 ball db972222 720 to 756 (video)
*6 ball 1 high 5 low 720 (video)*
*7 ball fdb975300 360 (video)*
*7 ball 5 up 540 (video)
*7 ball fdb972222 720 (video)*
*7 ball 7 up 720 (video)*
*5 ring 5 up 1080 (video)*
*6 ring 1 high 5 low 360 (video)
*6 ring 6 up 720 (video)
*7 ring 1 high 4 low 360 (video)
*3 club 3 up 1080 in singles (video)
*3 club 3 up 3-stage 1800 (video)
*4 club 4 up 720 in singles (video)
*4 club 1 high 3 low 720 (video)*
*5 club b975300 360 (video)
*6 club 6 up 360 (video)*
*to a qualify
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== World records ==
Lauge holds the following world records with publicly available video evidence:
*Most 5 ball 5 up 720s in 1 minute: 10 in 2015 (video)
*720 qualified with the most balls: 7 balls, 7 up in 2010 (video), tied with Haavard Vatland Hvidsten in 2014 (video), Ofek Snir in 2014 (video), Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse in 2016 (video), Adolfo Almonacid in 2018 (video), Jack Denger in 2019 (video), Spencer Androli in 2022 (video), and Tamuz Vardi in 2023 (video)
*7 ring db97531: 1 round in 2012* (video), tied with Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse in 2018* (non-public video, later video) and Spencer Androli in 2023* (video)
Unverified claims:
*9 ball hfdb97531: 1 round (claim)
*to a qualify
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== Competitions ==
Lauge won the following IJA and WJF competitions.https://dev.juggle.org/ija/championships/2010-sparks-nv/https://www.thewjf.com/results/
IJA 2010:
*eXtreme Juggling: 7+ Balls
*Joggling: Men's 7 Ball 100 Meters
*Joggling: Men's 5 Ball 100 Meters
WJF 2010:
*7 Ring Isolated Endurance
*6 Ring Freestyle
WJF 2011:
*5 Ring Freestyle
*6 Ring Freestyle
*7 Ring Freestyle
*4 Club Freestyle
WJF 2014:
*7 Ball Freestyle
*3 Club Freestyle
WJF 2017:
* Ring Endurance
* 7 Ring Isolated Endurance
== References ==
Category:Jugglers
Category:Performers
Category:WJF champions