Unicon (unicycling)

This article is about the Unicycling convention. For other uses, see Unicon (disambiguation).
Start of the 100 km race at the Unicon 16 in Brixen 2012

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

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) (42.195 km), muni (cross-country, uphill, downhill), street, trials, flatland, basketball and hockey.

Unicons to date

Unicon Year Dates Location
Unicon 1 1984 Syracuse, New York, USA
Unicon 2 1986 Uniondale, New York, USA
Unicon 3 1987 Tokyo, Japan
Unicon 4 1988 Aquadilla, Puerto Rico
Unicon 5 1991 Hull, Quebec, Canada
Unicon 6 1992 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Unicon 7 1994 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Unicon 8 1996 Guildford, United Kingdom
Unicon 9 1998 Bottrop, Germany
Unicon 10 2000 Beijing, China
Unicon 11 2002 25 July - 2 August North Bend, Washington, USA
Unicon 12 2004 23 July - 1 August Tokyo, Japan
Unicon 13 2006 23 July - 2 August Langenthal and Bern, Switzerland[1]
Unicon 14 2008 26 July - 4 August Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark[2]
Unicon 15 2009/10 27 December - 7 January Wellington, New Zealand[3]
Unicon 16 2012 21 July - 31 July Brixen, Italy[4][5]
Unicon 17 2014 30 July - 10 August Montreal, Canada[6]

Upcoming Unicons

Unicon Year Dates Location
Unicon 18 2016 27 July - 7 August San Sebastián, Spain[7]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Unicon 13 (2006) Langenthal and Bern, Switzerland". Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  2. ↑ "Unicon 14 (2008) Denmark". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  3. ↑ "Unicon 15 (2009/10) New Zealand". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  4. ↑ "Unicon XVI goes to...". 2009-12-16. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  5. ↑ "Unicon 16 (2012) Italy". Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  6. ↑ "Unicon 17 - Montréal". Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  7. ↑ "Unicon 18, Donostia, Spain". 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-09-06.


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