Zach Warren (born 1981) is an American circus performer and psychologist. In 2005, he began working with the

Afghan Mobile Mini Children's Circus The Afghan Mobile Mini Children's Circus (MMCC) is a traveling educational entertainment group in Afghanistan. MMCC accepts children aged 5–17 to learn juggling, unicycling, acrobatics, singing, comedy, theater and magic trick Magic, which ...

and was Director of Policy Research for

The Asia Foundation The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to "improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia". The Asia Foundation (TAF) was established in 1954 to undertake cultural and educational activities on be ...

between 2014-2017. He is known for breaking

world records A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

in unicycling and

juggling 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 o ...

Education

Warren is an alumnus of

Earlham College Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social ...

with a degree in Human Development and Social Relations,

Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its students either in the academic study of religion or for leadership roles in religion, gov ...

, and

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

. His PhD advisor was Fathali M. Moghaddam.

Joggling

In 2005 and 2006, he broke the

Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

for "fastest marathon while juggling," with a time of 2 hours and 52 minutes, but lost the record to Canadian

Michal Kapral Michal Kapral (born 1972)Lindsay Crouse''New York Times'', November 1, 2015. is a Canadian joggler based in Toronto, Ontario. He owns the world records for running the fastest marathon and half-marathon while juggling, for the fastest 10-kilomet ...

in 2007. The battle between Warren and Kapral is featured in the 2011 documentary film ''Breaking and Entering''.''New York Times'
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Zach 1981 births Living people Harvard Divinity School alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Jugglers American male long-distance runners American male marathon runners Earlham College alumni

Education

Joggling

See also

References