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Congratulations to Lisa Maria Hanny and Gert Jan de Vleeschouwer!!!

Lisa, who is keeping the existing record already, set a new World record in Long jumps 2 times inner 1 week. She jump 3,30 meter in Nottwil, Switzerland on the 9th of June and then finaly 3,35 meter in Warendorf, Germany while the German Championships. Jan beat his own World record in IUF Slalom with 17,59 seconds by 0,01 second in Nottwill, Switzerland.

There are some rumors that 100 and 200 meter World records was also set to a new level in Nottwil but we are still waiting for the final confirmation. The 100 meter record was not broken since 2006.

Eric Grundhauser from the Atlas Obscura contacted the IUF some weeks ago and ask us what is the hardest Unicycle trick? We thought that Eli Brill could be a very good person to discuss this question with and so bring Eric and Eli together. Here you can see the result:

What Is The Hardest Unicycle Trick?

Many thanks to Eric and Eli for providing such a good article about Urban Unicycling!

Check out the Open Unicycle Calendar and Open Unicycle Map. You can find the links at our Events page

Many thanks to Maksym Siegieńczuk for creating this great tool for the comunity!

The European Championship is over and it was an amazing event. Thanks to the organizing team for all their work!
During ECU some new World Records were set.

Our congratulation to:

Gert-Jan De Vleeschouwer – IUF Slalom – 17.60s
Niklas Wojtek, Simon Rodler, Andreas Richter, Noah Leber – 4×100 Meter – 50.71s
Ana Schrödinger – Stillstand – 1h 49min 08.37s
Ana Schrödinger – Slow Forward – 2min 56s 02
York Beese – Slow Backwards – 1min 03s 08
Lisa Maria Hanny – Long Jump – 327cm

Thanks to IUF World Records Committee member Mirjam Lips for reporting all of these records.

Hello Unicycle community, we thought it was time to give you an update about what’s going on with the IUF and in the unicycling world. Included in this short newsletter are announcements, along with a few requests for you:

IUF Board election 2017

Every 2 years the IUF completes our Board elections and it is once again time for this. During the IUF Public meeting at the past Unicon we already asked for applicants and we wanted to give another chance for you to apply to be on the Board. We are always looking for new active members of the Board. Applicants should be interested in unicycling and in administration as well. A good level in English is very helpful and you should be available multiple times a year for online meetings which are often at strange times, since the Board is spread around the world.

If you are seriously interested in becoming a member of the IUF Board of Directors, please send an application to contact@unicycling.org by the 26 March 2017. The application should include: who you are, what kind of experience you have, and what your motivation is to become a Board member.

European Championships 2017

The 2017 unicycle season has already begun with EUC 2017 winter edition last weekend (with a new Platform High Jump World Record!) Coming up this summer the official European Championships will be hosted in the Netherlands. If you have already signed up, be happy and excited until it starts. If not, you should hurry to sign up in time. You can find all the details about the EC here: ecunicycling2017.eu

Don’t miss it, enjoy it!

Unicon 19

As you probably already know, the next Unicon will be hosted in Seoul, South Korea. The Koreans are working on it every day along with support from the IUF by Ken Looi (Board member and Unicon 15 host) and Jenni Rinker, who are supporting them as best as possible. Right now, they are working on the homepage to make it available in several languages, so make sure to check out unicon19.kr every now and then as to not miss any information. You can also follow their Facebook page here: facebook.com/Unicon19. We are looking forward to another exciting Unicon in 2018, see you there!

Unicon 20

Unicon 19 is still more than a year away but Unicon 20 will be something special. It’s the 20th Unicon which will be held in the year 2020, and it could be YOU who could host this amazing triple 20 event. Now is the perfect time to start thinking about it, and send us your proposal if you think Unicon 20 in 2020 should happen in your area. You are also welcome to contact us with questions about how to host or what is involved in hosting the event. In fact even if you do not have a proposal ready, we would be happy to hear about any interest by anyone who is considering hosting in 2020. Proposals should be submitted by the end of 2017.

We probably forgot to mention something, but we have to save some content for Newsletter No 2 as well!

Best regards,
Your IUF Executive Board

Yesterday we got the first new World Records in Donostia, congratulations to the riders! Here are the new records and who did them:
Track Coasting:
Male: Knut Steffens (Germany) 177.6m Donostia, Spain July 2016
Female: Lisa-Maria Hanny (Germany) 170.3m Donostia, Spain July 2016

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Female: Mirjam Lips (Switzerland) 27.027km Donostia, Spain July 2016

Congratulations to Mary Wegscheider, Mike Taylor and Aiden Teleki for beating the existing Records in Highjump on Plattform while the WInter EUC 2016. So the femal World Record is now at 0,87 Meter and the male World Record is at 1,38 Meter.

We are glad to announce that the Unicon 18 registration opened today. Be an early bird and register yourself soon, and don’t forget to tell your friends about it. More information concerning Unicon 18 will be following in the next few days.

reg.unicon18.es