Alex Barron is a British
juggler
Juggling is a physical skill, performed by a juggler, involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment, art or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggling can be the manipulation of one object ...
.
Career
Barron was born in
London
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. He started juggling in summer 2006.
He has set numerous world records for juggling with more than nine balls. He became the first person to ever juggle eleven balls,
and to flash 13
and 14 balls.
In August 2010, aged 16, he set his first world record when he did 15 catches with 11 balls, tying with Bruce Sarafian's world record from 2001.
Records
Barron holds the following world records (as of 2019):
* 12 balls: 20 catches in 2017
* 13 balls: 15 catches in 2013
* 14 balls: 14 catches in 2017
Barron received a
Master of Science
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degree in
Artificial Intelligence
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in 2017 from
Stanford University.
[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/alexbarron1 ]
See also
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List of jugglers A juggler is a person who practices object manipulation for entertainment, sport or recreation. Famous professional jugglers have come from many countries and have performed their skills live in circuses, variety theatres, casinos, cruise ships, fes ...
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Juggling world records
Juggling world records comprise the best performances in the fields of endurance and numbers juggling.
Criteria
For ratification as a world record, the claimed record
* must be proved by video evidence, either available to the general public or ...
References
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Jugglers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from London
Stanford University alumni