Unicon (unicycling)

Unicon, previously known as UNICON, is the World Unicycling Convention and Championships sanctioned by the International Unicycling Federation (IUF).

Start of the 100 km race at the Unicon 16 in Brixen 2012

The IUF sanctions a biennial world unicycling convention and competition, the major event on the international unicycling calendar. Events include artistic (such as group, pairs, individual), track racing (such as 100 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 30 metres walk the wheel, 50 metres one-foot), road races (such as 10 kilometres, marathon), stillstand, slalom, muni (cross-country, uphill, downhill), street, trials, flatland, basketball and hockey.

List of Unicons
UniconYearDatesLocation
Unicon I1984Syracuse, New York, United States
Unicon II1986Uniondale, New York, United States
Unicon III1987Tokyo, Japan
Unicon IV1988Aquadilla, Puerto Rico
Unicon V1991Hull, Quebec, Canada
Unicon VI1992Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Unicon VII1994Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Unicon VIII19965-12 August 1996Guildford, United Kingdom
Unicon IX199827 July - 2 AugustBottrop, Germany[1]
Unicon X2000AugustBeijing, China
Unicon XI200225 July - 2 AugustNorth Bend, Washington, United States
Unicon XII200423 July - 1 AugustTokyo, Japan
Unicon XIII200623 July - 2 AugustLangenthal and Bern, Switzerland[2]
Unicon XIV200826 July - 4 AugustFrederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark[3]
Unicon XV2009/1027 December - 7 JanuaryWellington, New Zealand[4]
Unicon XVI201221 July - 31 JulyBrixen, Italy[5][6]
Unicon XVII201430 July - 10 AugustMontreal, Quebec, Canada[7]
Unicon XVIII201627 July - 10 AugustSan Sebastián, Spain
Unicon XIX201829 July - 10 AugustAnsan, Korea
Unicon XX2020??Grenoble, France

Unicon XIX records

At Unicon 19 in Ansan, Korea, a new record was set by Mike Taylor in the Platform High Jump. Mike successfully landed the high jump of 148.5cm.

References
  1. Unicycle Hockey World Championships 1998 at UNICON IX
  2. "Unicon 13 (2006) Langenthal and Bern, Switzerland". Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  3. "Unicon 14 (2008) Denmark". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  4. "Unicon 15 (2009/10) New Zealand". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  5. "Unicon XVI goes to..." 2009-12-16. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  6. "Unicon 16 (2012) Italy". Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  7. "Unicon 17 - Montréal". Retrieved 2014-09-06.


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