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World Yo-Yo Contest

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In 1932, the very first World Yo-Yo Contest was held in England, where Harvey Lowe won the title of World Champion. Although other, similar contests were held before 1932 were claimed to be "World Championships", they were sponsored by specific manufacturers to run as promotions for their products and are not generally 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 was known to refer to himself as a "World Champion".

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In 1932, the very first World Yo-Yo Contest was held in England, where Harvey Lowe won the title of World Champion. Although other, similar contests were held before 1932 were claimed to be "World Championships", they were sponsored by specific manufacturers to run as promotions for their products and are not generally 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 was known to refer to himself as a "World Champion". In 1962, Duncan had 32 demonstrators on the road whom it claimed were "World Yo-Yo Champions", of which many had never actually entered any yo-yo contest. In 1972, a yo-yo contest referred to as the "World Yo-Yo Championship" was held in Toronto, Canada, where it was won by professional yo-yo demonstrator Bunny Martin. However, this was not a genuine world contest. In 1992, Dale Oliver brought back the World Yo-Yo Contest in its current format, with the first running at the International Jugglers' Association (IJA) convention in Montreal, Canada. Since 2000, the World Yo-Yo Contest was run by Greg Cohen in Orlando, Florida, USA. In 2013, the World Yo-Yo Contest committee announced the contest would be taken over by the International Yo-Yo Federation and the contest would move between the Americas, Europe and Asia each year. Considering that there were those in the community who wished for the contest to be held in places with more exposure than at the Rosen Plaza Hotel's Grand Ballroom in Orlando, Florida, this was readily accepted. The 2014 contest took place in Prague, Czech Republic, the 2015 contest was held in Tokyo, Japan, and in 2016, it was held in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. The cycle of where the contest would be held would repeat between Europe, Asia, and the United States. In this way, the World Yo-Yo Contest could truly be considered an international competition. In November 2015, it was announced on YoYoNews that the 2017 World Yo-Yo Contest would be held and hosted in Reykjavik, Iceland.