Zach Warren (born 1981) is an American circus performer and psychologist. In 2005, he began working with the Afghan Mobile Mini Children's Circus[1] and was Director of Policy Research for The Asia Foundation between 2014-2017.[2] He is known for breaking world records in unicycling and juggling.[3][4]
Education edit
Warren is an alumnus of Earlham College with a degree in Human Development and Social Relations, Harvard Divinity School,[5] and Georgetown University.[6][7] His PhD advisor was Fathali M. Moghaddam.
Juggling edit
In 2005 and 2006, he broke the Guinness World Record for "fastest marathon while juggling," with a time of 2 hours and 52 minutes, but lost the record to Canadian Michal Kapral in 2007.[8][9] The battle between Warren and Kapral is featured in the 2011 documentary film Breaking and Entering.[10]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Harvard Gazette (August 12, 2005), "Juggling in Afghanistan"
- ^ The Asia Foundation (November, 2018), "Zach Warren profile"
- ^ Book of Alternative Records (April, 2006) "Unicycling, One mile whilst juggling 3 balls" "
- ^ Book of Alternative Records (April, 2006) "Fastest mile on a unicycle""
- ^ "Alumni," Earlham College.
- ^ Academia.edu "Zach Warren"
- ^ Georgetown Department of Psychology (February 6, 2016) "Zachary Warren"
- ^ Boston Globe (April 18, 2006) "Record setter Warren had a ball with this one"
- ^ Book of Alternative Records (2006) "Marathon Joggling"
- ^ New York Times "Review: Breaking and Entering"