# What prizes/what do you win when you become World YoYo Champion?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [May 22, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098 "2021-05-22T22:27:56Z")
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### Author:  [@berayz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/berayz)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/1 "2021-05-22T22:27:56Z")
Besides the glory, fame and friends, what do you win? Money? YoYos? Let me know what past champions have won!
Also, has there been a champion who wasn’t sponsored?
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### Author:  [@Blaidd\_Drwg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blaidd_Drwg)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/2 "2021-05-23T03:25:04Z")
Respect.
No wait Gentry gets none of that.
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### Author:  [@berayz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/berayz)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/3 "2021-05-23T04:43:10Z")
Unfortunately it does seem that way a bit.
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### Author:  [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/4 "2021-05-23T08:09:35Z")
Last WYYC they got a jacket and a plaque.
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### Author:  [@berayz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/berayz)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/5 "2021-05-26T16:36:09Z")
Dang, I want that jacket and that plaque yo!
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### Author:  [@Isaac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Isaac)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/6 "2021-05-26T16:44:11Z")
For 2018 WYYC they gave out golden yo-yos; Hajime Miura used the pair they won for 3A, talk about a flex haha. timestamped link to the clip below.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikmgH_gElCw&t=690)
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### Author:  [@berayz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/berayz)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/7 "2021-05-26T18:07:28Z")
Hahaha, that is actually pretty legit! Didn’t know about this channel. Thanks for sharing Isaac 🙂
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### Author:  [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/8 "2021-10-29T16:02:00Z")
Why did you say that ☹
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### Author:  [@stevejspins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevejspins)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/9 "2021-10-29T16:24:03Z")
Outside of the yo-yo community, not too much recognition. An appearance on local news network maybe. It must be amusing to say “I was yo-yo world champion in 2018” at a job interview not related to magic, juggling or yo-yoing… It certainly would reflect an extradorinary amount of determination annd eye hand coordination.
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### Author:  [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/10 "2021-10-29T16:29:09Z")
Haha I had that thought too. If I had a champion title I would absolutely mention it in a job interview
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### Author:  [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/11 "2021-10-29T16:41:53Z")
> [@stevejspins](#):
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> Outside of the yo-yo community, not too much recognition.
Even inside the yoyo community Gentry doesn’t get the respect he deserves.
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### Author:  [@jjdddn1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jjdddn1)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/12 "2021-10-29T18:48:19Z")
I guess if you get the title then your signature yoyo can be priced $20 more.
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### Author:  [@Blaidd\_Drwg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blaidd_Drwg)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/13 "2021-10-30T01:31:19Z")
> [@anon14765792](#):
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> say
I was joking at the truth. Gentry could win 3 Worlds in a row and I feel there would be folks who would not respect his accomplishment.
I mean heck, even the Netflix series “We are Champions” painted him as Johnny the Cobra Kai villain in Karate Kid.
Maybe if he invents a “sweep the leg” trick it might be different.
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### Author:  [@Isaac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Isaac)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-prizes-what-do-you-win-when-you-become-world-yoyo-champion/339098/14 "2021-10-30T03:10:42Z")
Jensen’s 2010 win made the rounds on Gawker
[https://www.gawker.com/5613392/the-2010-world-yo-yo-contest-main-event](https://www.gawker.com/5613392/the-2010-world-yo-yo-contest-main-event)
I remember similar sort of press for Evan Nagao’s 2018 win, here’s a Newsweek article about it:
> **[2018 World Yo-Yo Champion Wins with 'Freebird'](https://www.newsweek.com/watch-2018-world-yoyo-contest-champion-evan-nagao-perform-freebird-1070774)**
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> Evan Nagao is the new world yo-yo champion, winning the 2018 World YoYo Contest with a four-minute performance featuring a fast-paced array of string tricks.
(Plus _We Are the Champions_ of course)
Also I know at least one of those (or maybe a different year’s win) made the front page of Reddit.