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Tom Leitner
Rome
Italy
Born: Cupertino, California

Height: 6'

AKA: Lightning

Recent ranking: 1

Major titles: 20

Profession: Webmaster and Teacher, BS in Computer Science, Child Education

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Sponsor: past sponsors include Sideout Sport and Nike

Career highlights: 2003 Nike Freestyle Faceoff Tour, 2003 World Freestyle Champ with Sune Wentzel and Paul Kenny, 14 Major Freestyle Titles, Member of 4 person US Frisbee Team at World Expo in Brisbane, Australia. 2 time Player of the Year.

Media exposure: see 2003 media appearances

Mentor(s): Skippy Jammer, Larry Imperiale, Joey Hudoklin

Started playing: 1983

How I started playing: I learned in High School

Favorite move: double spinning standing gitis pull

Other fun: Music, Travel, Footbag, Volleyball, Basketball

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Partners past & present: Present: Dave Schiller, Joel Rogers Past: Sune Wentzel, Pat Marron, Clay Collera, Pipo Lopez, Paul Kenny, Dave Schiller, Skippy Jammer, many more...


by Skippy Jammer...

"Tommy 'Lighnting' Leitner has made a career of playing on the edge. His talent for playing hard and pulling off huge combos has made him the thing of legend.

His signature move is a no holds barred ripping combo that is off the charts. And he does one in practically every routine he does."

During the 2003 Nike Freestyle Face-off tour Tommy and partner Sune Wentzel performed for over 100,000 and were featured on MTV 7 times. In 2003 Tommy and Sune won both divisions at the Paganello Freestyle Challenge and won the Freestyle World Championships in Rimini, Italy with partner Paul Kenny.

"Tommy honed his skills as a member of the "shred or die" aka "Sideout" freestyle school led by Skippy Jammer, John Jewell, and Larry Imperiale. Now a fully realized player in his own right he is leading the next wave of players. He is probably the most well rounded beach or wind player in the world.

By moving to Europe recently he has helped influence a new generation of "Euro" jammers. Tom's game includes a lot of skids, against work, tipping, rolling and a creative catching game. He's the real deal. There are many imitations."


Tournament Results
Results are current through 1992
Please email us if there are errors. This list will be complete through 1974 in a year or so.

Major Event Victories Location Division
2007 WFDF World Overall Championships Ithaca, NY US Open Pairs
FPA World Freestyle Frisbee Championships 2005 Seattle, WA US Open Pairs
FPA World Freestyle Frisbee Championships 2005 Seattle, WA US Co-op
2003 FPA World Freestyle Championships Rimini Italy Co-op
2000 FPA World Championships Seattle, WA US Co-op
1997 WFDF World Championships Helsinki Finland Co-op
1994 FPA World Championships Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
1990 U.S. Open La Mirada, CA US Co-op
1988 WFDF World Championships San Francisco, CA US Open Pairs
1987 World Indoor Championships San Diego, CA US Co-op
Event Victories
2008 FPA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! Bologna-San Lazzaro Italy Open Pairs
2008 Paganello Rimini Italy Open Pairs
FRISBEER CUP - Czech Open 2008 Prague Czech Republic Open Pairs
Summershred San Francisco, CA US Open Pairs
Paganello Freestyle Challenge Rimini Italy Open Pairs
2007 Prague FrisbeerCup Winter Indoor Prague Czech Republic Open Pairs
2006 Roseto 'VOLA-VOLA' Roseto Italy Indiv. Open
2006 Rototom Frisbee Freestyle Osoppo - Udine Italy Open Pairs
2006 Rototom Frisbee Freestyle Osoppo - Udine Italy Co-op
2006 AmsterJam Amsterdam Netherlands Co-op
Paganello 2006 Rimini Italy Open Pairs
Paganello 2006 Rimini Italy Co-op
2005 Vola Vola Roseto degli Abruzzi Italy Open Pairs
2005 Santa Cruz Beach Classic Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
2005 Santa Cruz Beach Classic Santa Cruz, CA US Open Pairs
2005 Santa Cruz Open Overall Santa Cruz, CA US Open Format
2005 Nass Freestyle Challenge Somerset UK Open Pairs
Flying Disc Opening 2005 - Podersdorf (A) Podersdorf Austria Open Pairs
2005 Paganello Freestyle Challenge Rimini Italy Open Pairs
2005 Paganello Freestyle Challenge Rimini Italy Co-op
2004 Santa Cruz Open Santa Cruz, CA US Open Format
2004 Paganello Rimini Italy Open Pairs
2004 Wintershred III San Francisco, CA US Open Pairs
2003 Acrobatic Paganello Rimini US Co-op
2003 Acrobatic Paganello Rimini US Open Pairs
2002 Tampico Open VIII Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
2002 Summershred Ocean Beach SF San Francisco, CA US Co-op
2002 Santa Cruz Beach Classic VI @ Manresa Beach Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
2002 Wintershred at San Francisco's Ocean Beach San Francisco, CA US Co-op
2001 WFDF Championships San Diego, CA US Open Pairs
2001 Summerfest Open Milwaukee, WI US Open Pairs
2001 Manresa Beach Tournament Santa Cruz, CA US Open Pairs
2001 Manresa Beach Tournament Santa Cruz, CA US Mixed Pairs
2001 US Indoor Championships Jackson Hole, WY US Open Pairs
2000 Tampico Open Santa Cruz, CA US Open Format
2000 Jammers Championships Jacksonville, FL US Open Pairs
2000 World Beach Invitational Ventura, CA US Open Pairs
2000 Riverfest Boise, ID US Open Pairs
2000 Santa Cruz Beach Classic IV Santa Cruz, CA US Open Pairs
2000 Santa Cruz Beach Classic IV Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
1999 Ventura Beach Tournament Ventura, CA US Co-op
1999 Manresa State Beach Santa Cruz, CA US Open Pairs
1999 Manresa State Beach Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
1998 Tampico Open - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
1998 Tampico Open - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA US Open Pairs
1998 Santa Cruz Beach Classic Santa Cruz, CA US Open Pairs
1998 Santa Cruz Beach Classic Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
1997 Tampico Open Santa Cruz, CA US Open Pairs
1997 Tampico Open Santa Cruz, CA US Co-op
1997 Santa Cruz Beach Classic Santa Cruz, CA US Open Pairs
1996 Tampico Open Santa Cruz, CA US Open Format
1996 Tampico Open Santa Cruz, CA US Other
1996 Northern California States/Indian Summer Cotati, CA US Open Format
1996 Wintertime Open Pasadena, CA US Open Format
1995 California States Sonoma, CA US Open Format
1987 Indian Summer - California State Chmpionships Cotati, CA US Open Pairs
All tournament victories (entered in the database so far) for Tom Leitner are shown above.
Only a partial list of results are shown above.
Go see all the results for Tom Leitner with partner names.

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