Anthony Gatto

Anthony Commarota (born April 14, 1973), known by his stage name Anthony Gatto,http://grantland.com/features/anthony-gatto-juggling-cirque-du-soleil-jason-fagone/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gattohttps://www.juggle.org/nick-gatto-obituary/ is an American former juggler. Regarded as the most skilled juggler in the world,99 - Anthony Gatto - The Trading Card Database he was voted the world's most popular juggler in Luke Burrage's Top 40 Jugglers poll in 2003 and 2005,The Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers of 2003 as voted by YOU! - IJDbThe Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers of 2005 - IJDb and he was in the top 40 every year since the chart began in 2003 until 2015.http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog/archives/1643 He is the only juggler who has ever won the Golden Clown award at the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo.http://www.montecarlofestival.mc/palmares/palmares-1998-2002/
Anthony was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Ellicott City, Maryland.http://www.anthonygatto.com/v1/biography.php# He started juggling when he was about four years old, and was coached by his stepfather, Nick Gatto.http://anthonygatto.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4974 He won the IJA Junior Championship at the age of eight in his first year competing.http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/1981-cleveland-oh/ 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).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gattohttp://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/01/world-renowned-juggler-joins-la-nouba-by-cirque-du-soleil/
Anthony quit jugglinghttps://www.facebook.com/groups/JugglingRock/permalink/627839443952281 at 40 so he could spend more time with his family.https://www.floridatrend.com/article/19006/a-famous-jugglers-concrete-plans He now runs a concrete resurfacing business,http://bigtopcr.com/about/ which he started in August 2012.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gattohttps://www.facebook.com/bigtopcr/infohttp://www.floridatrend.com/article/19006/a-famous-jugglers-concrete-plans
==World records==
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Records verified by JISCON:List of Numbers Juggling Records - JISCON
*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 (video)
*10 rings: 47 catches in 2005 (video)
*6 clubs: 7 minutes 38 seconds in 2005 (video)
*7 clubs: 4 minutes 24 seconds in 2005 (video)
Records with publicly available video evidence:
===Isolation===
*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)
*9 balls with ball balance: 14 catches in 2000 (video)
*10 balls with ball balance: 10 catches in 2009 (video)
*8 rings with pole balance: 47 catches in 2007 (video at 7:22)
*9 rings with pole balance: 20 catches in 2007 (video at 6:17)
*10 rings with ring balance: 10 catches in 2010 (video), tied with Pavel Evsukevich in 2009 and Laido Dittmar in 2014
*10 rings with club balance: 10 catches in 2007 (video), tied with Pavel Evsukevich in 2013, Willy Colombaioni in 2015 and Laido Dittmar in 2015
*10 rings with pole balance: 10 catches in 1991 (video), tied with Nikolai Gerasimov in 2001 (video), Willy Colombaioni in 2015 (video), and Rudolf Levitskiy in 2016 (video)
*11 rings with pole balance: 11 catches in 2000 (video)
*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: 1 minute and 4 seconds in 2000 (video)
*7 balls with head bounce: 143 catches in 2001 (video)
*8 balls with head bounce: 31 catches in 2009 (video)
*9 balls with head bounce: 18 catches in 2005 (video)
*6 rings with head bounce: 213 catches in 2000 (video)
*7 rings with head bounce: 119 catches in 2008 (video at 2:34)
*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)
*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)
===Spins===
* 180 qualified with the most rings: 7 rings, 7 up in 2001 (video), tied with Sergei Ignatov (video), Rudolf Levitskiy in 2007 (video), Pavel Evsukevich in 2009 (video)
*180 qualified with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 5 up (video), tied with Vova Galchenko in 2006 (video)
*360 qualified with the most rings: 8 rings, 8 up in 2008 (video), tied with Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse in 2019 (video)
*360 qualified with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 7 up in 2005 (video), tied with Vova Galchenko in 2008 (video), Spencer Androli in 2020 (video), Masahiro Takahashi in 2021 (video), Kaito Tanioka in 2023 (video), and Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse in 2024 (video)
*1080 qualified with the most rings: 6 rings, 6 up 3-stage (video), tied with Jason Garfield (video) and Eivind Dragsjø in 2016 (video at 43:00)
*Most 7 ball 7 up 360s in 1 minute: 10 in 2008 (video)
*Most 7 ring 7 up 360s in 1 minute: 10 in 2008 (video at 1:17)
*Most connected 6 ball 6 up 180s: 2 in 2008 (video), tied with Luca Pferdmenges in 2017 (video) and Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
*Most connected 7 ball 7 up 180s: 2 in 2006 (video), tied with Luca Pferdmenges in 2020 (video) and Adolfo Almonacid in 2023 (video)
*Most connected 6 ring 6 up 180s: 2 in 2009 (video), tied with Thomas Dietz in 2008 (video)
*Most connected 7 ring 7 up 180s: 2 in 2006 (video), tied with Pavel Evsukevich in 2009 (video)
*Most connected 8 ring 6 up 180s: 2 in 2006 (video)
*Most connected 6 club 4 up 360s: 2 in 2011 (video), tied with Willy Colombaioni in 2015 (video), Moritz Rosner in 2020 (video), and Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
Unverified claims:https://web.archive.org/web/20030220114516fw_/http://www.anthonygatto.com/records1.htmhttp://web.archive.org/web/20070902181415/http://www.anthonygatto.com/Gatto-fan-index.html
*9 balls: 348 catches
*8 rings: 368 catches
*9 rings: 275 catches
*10 rings: 68 catches
*11 rings: 22 catches
*12 rings: 16 catches
*8 clubs: 21 catches
*9 ball overheads: 9 catches (claim)
*360 qualified with the most rings: 9 rings, 7 up in 2000 (claim)
*5 clubs with pole balance: 2 minutes in 2000 (claim)
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== Competitions ==
Anthony won the following IJA competitions.http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/
1981 (age 8):
*Stage: Juniors
1983:
*Numbers: 5 Clubs
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
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==References==
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