300 px, Taylor Wright-Sanson Taylor Wright-Sanson (born August 17, 1991) is an American unicyclist best known for bringing

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to the

circus A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicy ...

ring. During the summers of 2006-2009 he performed unicycle stunts in nearly 300 shows with

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. He won the first national unicycle competition he entered: the Trials Competition at the Ottawa Unicycle Invasion in 2008 (OUI '08), held in

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, Canada. He is one of the only unicyclists to consistently land a backflip dismount off the unicycle, having performed the stunt hundreds of times during performances.

Video appearances

* ''Inner Balance''

External links

Circus Smirkus

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright-Sanson, Taylor Unicyclists American circus performers Living people 1991 births