Thomas Dietz
Encyclopedia
Thomas Dietz is a professional juggler
from Regensburg
, Germany
. 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. 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.
57th Summer Festival
World Juggling Federation
WJF1
rec.juggling under his nickname "Schani".
Juggling
Juggling is a skill involving moving objects for entertainment or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, in which the juggler throws objects up to catch and toss up again. This may be one object or many objects, at the same time with one or many hands. Jugglers often refer...
from Regensburg
Regensburg
Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. He is recognized as one of the greatest technical jugglers
Juggling
Juggling is a skill involving moving objects for entertainment or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, in which the juggler throws objects up to catch and toss up again. This may be one object or many objects, at the same time with one or many hands. Jugglers often refer...
in the world. He holds various unofficial juggling records and also the five club juggling world record
Juggling world records
This is a list of juggling world records for solo juggling of clubs, balls, rings and bouncing balls as well as the two person passing records for each of these props.The records for each section are split into three groups....
of 53 minutes and 21 seconds. However, he gained most of his popularity through several juggling videos featuring his highly technical tricks including siteswap
Siteswap
Siteswap is a notation used to describe juggling patterns. It encodes the number of beats of each throw, which is related to their height, and the hand to which the throw is to be made...
variations, pirouettes, and long runs of numbers with clubs, balls, and sometimes rings.
2004
International Jugglers' AssociationInternational Jugglers' Association
The International Jugglers' Association or IJA is the oldest and largest organization of jugglers. It is open to members worldwide.-Benefits of Membership:* Special from major prop vendors worldwide.* Member prices in the IJA’s ....
57th Summer Festival
- Individual Stage Competition - Gold
- Solo Numbers Ball Competition - 1st - 8 balls, 23 catches
- Solo Numbers Club Competition - 3rd - 6 clubs, 25 catches
- Solo Numbers Ring Competition - 3rd - 8 rings, 17 catches
World Juggling Federation
World Juggling Federation
The World Juggling Federation is the world's only organization devoted to the promotion and advancement of the sport of juggling.-History:...
WJF1
- Advanced Balls Competition - 2nd - score of 9.04
- Advanced Clubs Competition - 3rd - score of 8.14
- Advanced Rings Competition - 2nd - score of 8.86
- Endurance Balls Competition - 1st - 9 balls, 25 catches
- Endurance Rings Competition - 2nd - 8 Rings, 19 Catches
2005
World Juggling Federation WJF2- Advanced Balls Competition - 1st - score of 12.5
- Advanced Clubs Competition - 2nd - score of 11.1
- Advanced Rings Competition - 1st - score of 8.0
- Endurance Balls Competition - 1st - 9 balls, 18 catches
- Endurance Clubs Competition - 3rd - 6 clubs, 132 catches
- Endurance Rings Competition - 1st - 8 rings, 16 catches
2006
World Juggling Federation WJF3- Overall Competition - 1st - score of 35.00
- Advanced Balls Competition - 1st - score of 9.33
- Advanced Rings Competition - 2nd - score of 8.71
- Advanced Clubs Competition - 1st - score of 8.71
- Endurance Balls Competition - 1st - 9 balls, 27 catches
- Endurance Rings Competition - 2nd - 8 Rings, 15 Catches
- Endurance Clubs Competition - 2nd - 7 Clubs, 28 Catches
2007
World Juggling Federation WJF4- Overall Championship - 1st - score of 39.65
- Advanced Balls Competition - 1st - score of 9.6
- Advanced Rings Competition - 1st - score of 9.4
- Advanced Clubs Competition - 2nd - score of 7.9
- 5 Ball Freestyle - 2nd
- 6 Ball Freestyle - 1st, with a B97531 into a 4 up multiplex into a high low shower
- 7 Ball Freestyle - 1st, with DB97531
- 5 Rings Freestyle - 2nd, with a 6x4 5 up 720
- 6 Rings Freestyle - 1st, with a 6 up synch 360 into a 6 up synch 360
- 7 Rings Freestyle - 1st, with a 5 up 360
- 3 Clubs Freestyle - 4th
- 4 Clubs Freestyle - 4th
- 5 Clubs Freestyle - 3rd, with a 3 up 720 into one sided flat throws
- 3 Clubs 360s - 2nd, with 34
- 5 Clubs 360s - 2nd, with 11
- 5 Balls 360s - 1st, with 27
- 5 Rings 360s - 1st, with 19
- 7 Balls Isolated Endurance - 1st
- 7 Rings Isolated Endurance - 1st
2008
World Juggling Federation WJF5- Overall Championship - 1st
- Advanced Balls Competition - 1st - score of 15.5
- Advanced Rings Competition - 2nd - score of 9.4
- Advanced Clubs Competition - 2nd - score of 7.8
- 6 Ball Freestyle - 1st, with a high low 4 up 720
- 7 Ball Freestyle - 4th
- 5 Rings Freestyle - 1st, with an over and back with 4 up each way
- 6 Rings Freestyle - 1st, with a (8,8)(4,4)>6 up 360>4 up 360> qualify
- 7 Rings Freestyle - 1st, with a 5 up 360 into (8x, 6)
- 5 Clubs Freestyle - 1st, with a 3 up 720 into one sided flats
- 6 Clubs Freestyle - 3rd, with a 9555 into 75
- Battle for the World Juggling FederationWorld Juggling FederationThe World Juggling Federation is the world's only organization devoted to the promotion and advancement of the sport of juggling.-History:...
(WJF) presidency -1st 10.9
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 newsgroupNewsgroup
A usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users in different locations. The term may be confusing to some, because it is usually a discussion group. Newsgroups are technically distinct from, but functionally similar to, discussion forums on...
rec.juggling under his nickname "Schani".
- Thomas Dietz Video #1 (released Sept. 19, 2003)
- Devil in Disguise by Elvis PresleyElvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
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(exact artist of the version in the video is unknown)
- Devil in Disguise by Elvis Presley
- Thomas Dietz Video #2 (released Oct. 8, 2003)
- I've Got Two Legs by Monty PythonMonty PythonMonty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
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- Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant FarmAlien Ant FarmAlien Ant Farm is an American alternative rock band that formed in Riverside, California, in 1995. Their name comes from an idea original guitarist Terry Corso had about aliens and the earth: "I was daydreaming at my dull desk job with my feet up, and I thought to myself, 'Wouldn't it be cool if...
- I've Got Two Legs by Monty Python
- Thomas Dietz Video #3 (released Nov. 24, 2003)
- Wannabe by Spice Girls
- Self Esteem by The OffspringThe OffspringThe Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada...
- All Shook Up by Elvis PresleyElvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
- Thomas Dietz Video #4 (released December, 2003)
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- BND by No Doubt
- Juggling in Berlin (released Dec. 20, 2003)
- One Vision by QueenQueen (band)Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
- One Vision by Queen
- Thomas Dietz Video #5 (released Dec. 22, 2003)
- Basket Case performed by Avril LavigneAvril LavigneAvril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
(cover of Green DayGreen DayGreen Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
) - Also Sprach ZarathustraAlso sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical treatise of the same name. The composer conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt...
by Richard StraussRichard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
(theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey (film)2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke's short story The Sentinel...
)
- Basket Case performed by Avril Lavigne
- Thomas Dietz Video #6 (released Dec. 23, 2003)
- Theme from Star Wars by John WilliamsJohn WilliamsJohn Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T...
- Red River Rock by Johnny and the HurricanesJohnny and the HurricanesJohnny and the Hurricanes was a rock and roll band that began as The Orbits in Toledo, Ohio in 1957. Led by saxophonist Johnny Paris , they were school friends who played on a few recordings behind Mack Vickery, a local rockabilly singer.-Career:They signed with Harry Balk and Irving Micahnik of...
- Let Me Entertain You by Robbie WilliamsRobbie WilliamsRobert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
- Theme from Star Wars by John Williams
- The Markus Furtner and Thomas Dietz Show (released Dec. 29, 2003)
- HIStory by Michael JacksonMichael JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
- HIStory by Michael Jackson
- The Thomas Dietz Video Nobody Wants to See (released Dec. 30, 2003)
- (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear by Elvis PresleyElvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
- Black & White by Sarah McLachlanSarah McLachlanSarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
- (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear by Elvis Presley
- Thomas Dietz Video #7 (released Feb. 11, 2004)
- Thomas Dietz Video #8 (released Feb. 16, 2004)
- Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne
- Thomas Dietz Video #9 (released Feb. 20, 2004)
- Basket Case by Green DayGreen DayGreen Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
- Yakety YakYakety Yak"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as number one on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list...
by The CoastersThe CoastersThe Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller...
- Basket Case by Green Day
- Competition Video (released March, 2004)
- Spokesman by GoldfingerGoldfinger (band)Goldfinger is a Los Angeles pop punk/ska punk band that formed in 1994. Currently, the band is composed of vocalist/guitarist John Feldmann, guitarist Charlie Paulson, bassist Kelly LeMieux, and drummer Darrin Pfeiffer...
- Spokesman by Goldfinger
- Thomas Dietz's Worst Tricks (released Sept. 7, 2004)
- Bohemian Polka by "Weird Al" Yankovic"Weird Al" YankovicAlfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
- All The Small Things by blink-182Blink-182Blink-182 is an American rock band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 27 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992...
- My Happy Ending by Avril LavigneAvril LavigneAvril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
- Bohemian Polka by "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Juggling in Israel (released Nov. 25, 2004)
- Taluy al Hazlav (Hung on the Cross) by Rami FortisRami FortisRami Fortis , often Fortis, is an Israeli rock singer.-Biography:Rami Fortis is of Iraqi and Italian origin. He served in the 1973 Yom Kippur war and was influenced by his experiences at the front. He began his musical career in 1975 as a lighting-man in the shows of Tamuz - one of Israel's...
(song is in Hebrew)
- Taluy al Hazlav (Hung on the Cross) by Rami Fortis
- Another Thomas Dietz Video Nobody Wants to See (Nov. 26, 2004)
- PopcornPopcorn (instrumental)"Popcorn" is an early electronic pop instrumental, originally composed by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 on his album Music to Moog By. The same year this tune was released and recorded at Audio Fidelity Records label in New York City....
by Hot ButterHot ButterHot Butter was an instrumental cover band fronted by the keyboard player Stan Free. The other band members were Dave Mullaney, John Abbott, Bill Jerome, Steve Jerome, and Danny Jordan. They are best known for their 1972 cover of the Moog synthpop instrumental, "Popcorn", originally recorded by its... - Walk Like an Egyptian by The BanglesThe BanglesThe Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles during the decade.-Formation and early years :...
- Popcorn
- Still Juggling in Berlin (released Nov. 28, 2004)
- Eye of the Tiger by SurvivorSurvivor (band)Survivor is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978. The band achieved its greatest success in the 1980s with its AOR sound, which garnered many charting singles, especially in the United States. The band is best known for its double platinum-certified 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger", the theme...
- Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
- Still Not Thomas Dietz Video #10 (released Dec. 17, 2004)
- Think by Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
- Burning Love by Elvis PresleyElvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
- Think by Aretha Franklin
- Thomas Dietz Video #10 (released Dec. 20, 2004)
- (theme from Star Trek)
- Anthem Part 2 by Blink-182Blink-182Blink-182 is an American rock band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 27 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992...
- Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant FarmAlien Ant FarmAlien Ant Farm is an American alternative rock band that formed in Riverside, California, in 1995. Their name comes from an idea original guitarist Terry Corso had about aliens and the earth: "I was daydreaming at my dull desk job with my feet up, and I thought to myself, 'Wouldn't it be cool if...
- Manuel Mitasch and Thomas Dietz (released Jan. 11, 2005)
- Don't Pick it Up by The OffspringThe OffspringThe Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada...
- All I Want by The OffspringThe OffspringThe Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada...
- Don't Pick it Up by The Offspring
- Juggling in Linz (released May 2, 2005)
- Diamond by Klint from the Snatch motion picture soundtrack.
- Beware Of Us by XzibitXzibitAlvin Nathaniel Joiner , better known by his stage name Xzibit , is an American rapper, actor, and television host. He is known as the host of the MTV show Pimp My Ride, which brought him mainstream success...
(feat. Strong Arm Steady)
Produced by Thomas
In December 2006, Thomas began releasing short videos on YouTube.- Clip 1 (released Dec. 19, 2006)
- Spring from The Four Seasons by Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
- Infernal Galop from Act II, Scene 2 in Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques OffenbachJacques OffenbachJacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....
- Spring from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
- Clip 2 (released Dec. 25, 2006)
- Humppasonni by EläkeläisetEläkeläisetEläkeläiset are a Finnish humppa band founded in 1993. They specialise in humppa and jenkka music and have been successful in Germany, Finland and elsewhere....
- Humppasonni by Eläkeläiset
- Thomas Dietz Video #11 Trailer (released Dec. 26, 2006)
- Anthem Part 2 by Blink-182Blink-182Blink-182 is an American rock band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 27 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992...
- Anthem Part 2 by Blink-182