Amy Shields

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updated = September 7, 2008

Amy Shields (born March 7, 1990 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is currently ranked among the top freestyle unicyclists in the worldFact|date=June 2007. She holds five world unicycling titles and in her home continent she holds over 15 North American titles since 2001.

In 2002 Shields defied all odds at the 13th MONDO Jugglefest in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she attained the Guinness World Record for jump roping on a unicycle with an unprecedented 209 skips in one minute.

Shields was the eighth person in the world to pass all ten levels of the International Unicycling Federation, and currently serves as Skill Level Coordinator for the Twin Cities Unicycle Club.

Besides being a world-renowned unicyclist, Shields also is a member of the St. Paul Figure Skating Club, where she has passed both her Senior Moves and Freeskate portions of the United States Figure Skating Association testing program.

References

External links

* [http://www.unicon12.com/ The 12th International Unicycling Convention & World Championships]
* [http://www.mondofest.org/worldrecord.html Mondofest 2002 New World Records]
* [http://www.unicon13.ch/uni/cms/front_content.php?idcat=27 The 13th International Unicycling Convention & World Championships]