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
Unicon 14	2008	26 July - 4 August	Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Unicon 15	2009/10	27 December - 7 January	Wellington, New Zealand
Unicon 16	2012	21 July - 31 July	Brixen, Italy
Unicon 17	2014	30 July - 10 August	Montreal, Canada

Upcoming Unicons

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

External links

• International Unicycling Federation