Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Luca Pferdmenges

German Juggler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Luca Pferdmenges
Remove ads

Luca Pferdmenges (born August 24, 2001, in Mönchengladbach) is a juggler and social media influencer[1] from Germany. He became popular after reaching the finals of the German talent show Superkids.[2][3] In 2022, he was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the category "Sports & Games".[4]

Thumb
Pferdmenges at a musical.ly press day in Berlin, 2018

Early life

Pferdmenges grew up in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[5]

Career

Summarize
Perspective

Pferdmenges was trying to become the youngest man to visit every country in the world.[6] He speaks German, English, French, Spanish, and Hebrew.[7] His German language book on Juggling, Jonglieren wie ein Profi, was coauthored with Joscha F. Westerkamp and was published in October 2022 by Meyer & Meyer.[8] He also cowrote and self-published a book on travel, Billig Reisen, released the same month.[9]

Thumb
Luca Pferdmenges in 2020

Luca Pferdmenges frequently attends juggling festivals.[10]

In July 2016, Pferdmenges appeared on the Sat.1 talent show Superkids and advanced to the finals of the show.[11][3] He was chosen by Rheinische Post as a "Person of the Year" in Mönchengladbach for the 2021.[12]

Pferdmenges participated in the "NK Jongleren" (Open Dutch Juggling Championships) in 2016 and 2017 and won various titles.[13]

In January 2018, Luca Pferdmenges went on tour through Germany with Jonglissimo as part of the "Feuerwerk der Turnkunst – AURA" show.[14][15]

In 2022, he was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the category "Sports & Games", the first juggler to achieve this.[4]

On April 24th, 2025, he accomplished his goal of traveling to every country in the world.[16]

Remove ads

Records

According to Guinness World Records, Pferdmenges holds a number of world records:

  • Most balls passed by a duo whilst juggling – 16 balls (with Daniel Ledel)[17]
  • Most consecutive side by side juggling catches by a team of two – 901 catches (with Jan Daumin)[18]
  • Most 360 degree spins while juggling four objects in one minute – 29 spins[19]
  • Most consecutive backcross juggling catches (three objects) – 1,249 catches[20]

Pferdmenges was featured in the German edition of the Guinness World Records Book 2022 with two of his records.[7]

He was elected to the list of the world's 40 famous jugglers, published by Luke Burrage, three times.[2]

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads