Posts in category: IUF

  • January 9, 2024
    IUF

    World Record Announcement

    We are pleased to announce new IUF World Record on Marathon Standard.

    The IUF World Record Committee has verified and acknowledged the world record of Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer on a “standard” (29 Class) wheel on the marathon (42.195 km) in the male category.

    New record was set on November 1, 2023, in the marathon road race of Coupe de France de Monocycle near Herrlisheim (France), with time of 1:34:32.

    The previous World Record was set by Rolf Leonhardt from Germany in 2016, with a time of 1:40:40.

    Congratulations Gert-Jan

    Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer setting World Record in Marthon Standard, Herrlisheim,France, November 1, 2023. Photo by: Claude Rebert

    IUF World Records are set in compliance of the IUF World Record Guidelines

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  • March 27, 2023
    IUF

    IUF Rulebook Committee 2022/2023

    After every Unicon, a new IUF Rulebook Committee is created. This committee works to develop the next version of the IUF Rulebook. If you wish to join the 2022/23 rulebook committee, this message is for you.

    The rulebook committee will be divided in sub-committees:

    • Main Committee
    • Freestyle
    • X-Style
    • Muni
    • Road Racing
    • Basketball
    • Hockey
    • Track
    • Flatland
    • Street
    • Trials
    • Jumps
    • Age Groups

    Inside each committee, knowledgeable people will submit proposals to edit, remove or add new rules. As these rules pass, they will be sent to the main committee where they will be approved, edited or sent back to the sub-committee.

    If you are interested to join the 2022/23 IUF Rulebook Committee, please fill out the form with the link below.

    https://iuf-rulebook-2022.committees.unicycling-software.com/users/sign_in

    Important dates:

    2 April 2023: committees begin discussions
    22 April 2023: last day to join one of the committees

    Additionally, there is a Skill Level Committee which works independently of the Rulebook Committee and has already started to work. You can also join it by following the same link above.

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  • March 27, 2023
    IUF

    New squad of the IUF Board of Directors

    It is with pleasure to announce of recently elected new directors of the Federation. With two people leaving and four joining the board, it is a significant change of the squad. Before we welcome new members of the board I would like to thank the leaving members Ken Looi and Olaf Schlote. Both served to the Board of Directors for way over decade, Ken for 17 and Olaf for 15 years!!!

    Thank you Olaf and Ken for your long term and valuable service to the Federation and in general, to the unicycling community.

    The new Board members are: Joshua Ehrlich (USA), Mark Fabian (HU), Emma Kvist (DK) and Francois Wurmser (FR). Welcome on board.

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  • December 20, 2022
    IUF

    IUF Board elections 2023

    Dear unicycling community,

    There have been difficult past few years. The Covid 19 took a great impact on the work of Federation, mostly by freezing our activities due to uncertainty of the future. We are gladly after another successful Unicon, and Covid is not an excuse anymore, but in this time the composition of IUF Board has dramatically changed. We are missing experienced IUF board members and in the close future we expect another few directors to leave.

    We all are busy individuals and sparing a time for Federation is often not easy. There is plenty work to be done, for what we need more hands, clever heads and understanding of community needs.

    Every two years we used to have elections for the IUF executive board and as always, we ask around if some of you are interested in becoming a Board member.

    You might ask yourself what it means to be a Board member, so here is a short explanation of what we do.

    The main tasks of the IUF are running the rulebook committee, developing the IUF software tools, hunting for possible upcoming Unicon hosts, negotiating with them to secure a good level of organization for all of you, listening to the different interest of all unicycling nations / streaming’s, developing our sport in other countries and many more small things that come around the corner. As we are a global team, all of this must be coordinated online and during virtual meetings we hold every 1 or 2 months to discuss all running tasks in detail. It should also be mentioned that this position is 100% unpaid, you invest all your skill and time to support the unicycling world. All this can be a great fun but also very annoying sometimes, as usually no decision makes everybody happy ?

    If you are interested in joining the board, send your application to contact@unicycling.org until the 31 of January 2023.

    It should contain the following points:

    • Name
    • Age
    • Country
    • Disciplines
    • Interests
    • Uni events attended/organized
    • Uni organization you are a part of
    • Why you are good candidate

    We are looking forward to your application. Once we received it, you will get an email from us to confirm the receipt of your application.

    Best regards

    Maksym Siegienczuk
    IUF President

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  • December 10, 2022
    IUF

    World Records Announcement

    We are pleased to announce new IUF World Records.

    IUF Slalom

    Mathias Bracke from Belgium set a new IUF World Record in the discipline of IUF Slalom, with a time of 17.32 seconds performed during Einrad Cup Münsterland in Warendorf, Germany on September 10, 2022.

    The former male World Record holder was Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer, also from Belgium, who has held the record of 17.59 seconds since 2018.

    Mathias Bracke setting World Record in IUF Slalom, Warendorf, Germany, September 10, 2022

    30m Wheelwalk

    Ryosuke Bansai from Japan set new IUF World Record in the discipline of 30 meter Wheelwalk with the time of 6.47 seconds, performed during Unicon 20 on 5 August 2022 in Grenoble, France.

    The previous record was held by Yunsung Park from Korean Republic, with a time of 7.071 seconds, performed in 2016.

    Ryosuke Bansai setting World Record in 30m Wheelwalk, Grenoble, France, August 5, 2022

    50m Onefoot

    Misaki Uchida from Japan set new IUF World Record in the discipline of 50 Onefoot with the time of 7.22 seconds, performed during Unicon 20 on 5 August 2022 in Grenoble, France.

    The previous record was held by Niklas Wojtek from Germany, with a time of 7.582 seconds, performed in 2016.

    Misaki Uchida setting World Record in 50m Onefoot, Grenoble, France, August 5, 2022

    Congratulations to Mathias, Ryosuke and Misaki!

    Currently, as reported by IUF World Record Committee there are another 3 pending records performed during Unicon 20.

    IUF World Records are set in compliance of the IUF World Record Guidelines

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  • December 12, 2020
    IUF

    Hello and Goodbye

    Today, I have the honor and pleasure to introduce to you the new President of the IUF: congratulations Maksym Siegieńczuk!

    We are all happy that Maksym decided to run for the office; in our meeting today he was elected unanimously.

    As my time as the president is now coming to an end, I would like to thank you all today. It was always an honor for me to be your president, the unicycling community was and is something special. Maintaining this spirit has always been a special concern for me and I am sure that Maksym will continue the office in this sense. Don’t worry, he still has many new ideas in his quiver as well!

    I am happy to hand over the office into good hands and will now slowly but surely withdraw myself from the active work and only take care of some smaller projects of the heart. I could also include a long list of names who have made my time a great one here, but as you’ll always forget someone this way anyway 😊 I’ll make it short: Thank you unicycling community for so many wonderful years!!!

    However, I would also like to take this opportunity to look for new board members. If you could imagine to actively work in the IUF Board, you can apply now. To do so, send your application and a statement on why you would like to be a member of the board to contact@unicycling.org until January 15th. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other board member. Due to our international structure however, it would be extremely helpful if you had a relatively good command of English at least. The work in the board can sometimes be tough and tedious and is about bureaucratic things every now and then, but you can also move a lot and bring our sport forward. If this appeals to you, apply now!

    Finally, I wish you all a peaceful and reflective holiday season. 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone, everyone had to limit themselves socially a lot, some had to accept strong financial losses and some even lost relatives and/or friends, making it a truly horrible year.

    In the unicycling community however, I could see that even in this situation, we tried to get through the year together, stay positive and work on great projects for which I would like to express my respect and gratitude. I am confident that in 2021, we can slowly but surely return to our normal lives and even enjoy the first small events in summer. And in 2022, we can finally celebrate the long awaited Unicon 20 together exactly the way we all wish to celebrate it.

    Goodbye and blessed holidays from my side and all the best Maksym

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  • April 5, 2020
    IUF

    Unicon 20 postponed

    UNICON 20 newsletter – #FLAHSNEWS

    Hello to all Unicon 20 attendees,
    We hope this message finds you safe and healthy. Please continue to take care of yourself and your loved ones.

    We would like to inform you that due to the developments regarding Covid-19, Unicon 20 will not be held as planned from 22-July to 2-August, 2020 in Grenoble, France. The decision to postpone to the summer of 2021 is the most reasonable solution, and more suited to this exceptional situation. Due to the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic, our organization team has worked with the IUF board and the Union Nationale Sportive Léo Lagrange about the best course of action.

    We have also sought the views of nine national federations who represent the majority of the registrants. These federations expressed support and preference for the postponement of Unicon 20 to the summer of 2021.

    We are currently working to obtain the agreements and venues for Unicon to take place in the summer of 2021 in Grenoble, France.
    We will inform you as soon as possible about the alternatives available regarding registrations received to date.

    In the meantime, we encourage you to cancel your travel arrangements (flights, trains, etc) and any private lodging arrangements you have made. If you have made lodging arrangements through Unicon 20, we are working with our partners and will share more details soon. 

    Watch for upcoming announcements. We hope you continue to stay safe and healthy, and we will see you in 2021.

    Unicon 20 Organising Team
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  • April 13, 2019
    IUF

    Unicon 20 in 2020

    It’s been a while since our last update about Unicon 20 – we would have loved to send you an update earlier, but we also didn’t want to push rumors. However, now we are very glad to finally announce the official location for Unicon 20! 🙂

    Unicon 20 will take place in Summer 2020 in Grenoble, France, and will be hosted by the CNM and UNSLL. We are already looking forward to another amazing Unicon with all of you and would also like to thank everyone working hard to organize the event. Further information will follow soon!

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  • January 11, 2019
    IUF

    IUF Board election 2019

    Dear unicycling community,

    We hope you all arrived in 2019 well and would like to wish you all the best for this new year!

    Every two years we also have elections for the IUF executive board and as always, we ask around if some of you are interested in becoming a Board member. 

    You might ask yourself what it means to be a Board member, so here is a short explanation of what we do.

    The main tasks of the IUF are running the rulebook committee, developing the IUF software tools, hunting for possible upcoming Unicon hosts, negotiating with them to secure a good level of organization for all of you, listening to the different interest of all unicycling nations / streaming’s, developing our sport in other countries and many more small things that come around the corner. As we are a global team, all of this must be coordinated online and during virtual meetings we hold every 1 or 2 months to discuss all running tasks in detail. It should also be mentioned that this position is 100% unpaid, you invest all your skill and time to support the unicycling world. All this can be a great fun but also very annoying sometimes, as usually no decision makes everybody happy ?

    If you still think that are interested in joining the board, send your application to election@unicycling.org until the first of March.

    It should contain the following points:

    • Name
    • Age
    • Country
    • Disciplines
    • Interests
    • Uni events attended/organized
    • Uni organization you are a part of
    • Why you are good candidate

    We are looking forward to your application. Once we received it, you will get an email from us to confirm the receipt of your application.

    Best regards

    Olaf Schlote
    IUF President

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