World Yo-Yo Contest

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The World Yo-yo Contest (also known as Worlds) is a contest held every year and it is organized by Greg Cohen. Historically the contest is held at the Rosen Plaza in Orlando Florida the first weekend of every August. At the end of the contest, seven yo-yoers leave with the title "World Yo-Yo Champion" in their division {A, AA, AAA, FH, OS and Artistic Performance (AP), Combined (CB)}.

Contents 1 History 2 Current Champions (2008) 3 Past Champions 3.1 2007 3.2 2006 3.3 2005 3.4 2004 3.5 2003 3.6 2002 3.7 2001 3.8 2000 3.9 1999 3.10 1998 3.11 1997 3.12 1996 3.13 1995 3.14 1994 3.15 1993 3.16 1992 3.17 1932 4 External link

[edit] History

The first World Yo-Yo Contest was held in England, in 1932. Although other, similar contests were held before 1932 that claimed to be "World Championships" they were sponsored by specific yo-yo manufacturers to run as promotions and are not recognized as genuine world contests. In 1950 Cheerio held a large North American contest which was not considered a world contest yet one of the winners has been known to refer to himself as a World Champion. In 1962 Duncan had 32 demonstrators on the road who it claimed were "World Yo-Yo Champions", of which many had never entered any yo-yo contest.

In 1992, Dale Oliver brought back the World Yo-Yo Contest in its current format. Since 2000, the World Yo-Yo Contest is run by Greg Cohen in Orlando, Florida, USA.

[edit] Current Champions (2008)

• 1A - John Ando
• 2A - Takuma Yamamoto
• 3A - Hiroki Miyamoto
• 4A - Rei Iwakura
• 5A - Takeshi Matsuura
• AP - John Higby
• CB - Shinji Saito

[edit] Past Champions

[edit] 2007

• 1A - Yuuki Spencer
• 2A - Shinji Saito
• 3A - Yuki Tanami
• 4A - Eiji Okuyama
• 5A - Tyler Severance
• AP - Tomonari Ishiguro(Black)
• CB - Shinji Saito

[edit] 2006

• 1A - Hiroyuki Suzuki
• 2A - Shinji Saito
• 3A - Paul Yath
• 4A - Taiki Nishimura
• 5A - Dana Bennett
• AP - Yu Kawada
• CB - Shinji Saito

[edit] 2005

• 1A - Hiroyuki Suzuki
• 2A - Shinji Saito
• 3A - Daisuke Shimada
• 4A - John Narum
• 5A - Maya Nakamura
• AP - Takahiko Hasegawa

[edit] 2004

• 1A - Hiroyuki Suzuki
• 2A - Shinji Saito
• 3A - Daisuke Shimada
• 4A - Tsubasa Oonishi
• 5A - Makoto Numagami
• AP - Tomiyuki Watanabe

[edit] 2003

• 1A - Johnnie Delvalle
• 2A - Shinji Saito
• 3A - Daisuke Shimada
• 4A - Eiji Okuyama
• 5A - Rafael Matsunaga
• AP - Mark Montgomery

[edit] 2002

• 1A - Yuuki Spencer
• 2A - Shinji Saito
• X - Daisuke Shimada
• AP - Takahiko Hasegawa

[edit] 2001

• 1A - Tomonari Ishiguro
• 2A - Matt Harlow
• X - Shingo Terada

[edit] 2000

• 1A - Yu Kawada
• 2A - Tomoya Kitamura
• X - Hironori Mii

[edit] 1999

• 1A - Joel Zink
• 2A - Takumi Nagase

[edit] 1998

• 1A - Ryoichi Suzuki
• 2A - Jennifer Baybrook

[edit] 1997

• PRO/AM - Bill de Boisblanc
• Masters - Jason Tracy
• Advanced - John Stangle
• Novice - Ryan Zink
• Masters Freestyle - Nalukai Hookano

[edit] 1996

• Pro/Am - Dale Myrberg
• Masters-Dave Schulte
• Novice-Mikey McCabe

[edit] 1995

• 2A - Bill de Boisblanc

[edit] 1994

Held in Burlington, Vermont, USA.

• 2A - Bill de Boisblanc

[edit] 1993

Held in Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

• 2A - Rocco Ysaguirre

[edit] 1992

Held in Montreal, Canada this was the first modern World Yo-Yo Contest.

• 2A - Dale Oliver

[edit] 1932

Held in England this contest was the first ever World Yo-Yo Contest.

• Winner: Harvey Lowe

[edit] External link

• World Yo-yo Contest homepage