Roger Trey Haun US-born Ghanaian Unicyclist made History
Meet 16-years-old American born Trey Haun, who represent Ghana at the Unicycle World Championships in France.
Earlier in 2022, Trey Haun, who decided to represent Ghana in Unicycling Competition in France, clinched two medals which are Silver in the 30m Wheel Walk Race (15-16 year old males) and Bronze in the 50m One-Wheel Race (15-16 year old males) respectively at the Unicycling World Championships, made Ghanaian history when he won medals at the Unicycling World Championships and get heroic welcome making him the first ever Ghanaian to do so when he returns to Ghana.
16-year-old Roger Trey Haun emerge as an internet phenomenon, because of his outstanding performance at the Unicycling Championships.
The young man who developed interest in unicycling as a sport was born in the USA but came to Ghana with his parents and settled in Nalerigu, the North East region of Ghana.
He has been perfecting his craft on Ghanaian soil and the people of Nalerigu celebrate his feet which has lots of prominence individual in attendance.
Speechless. That is what we are. Mamprugu🐘 threw us a festival this weekend in Nalerigu that we never would have dreamed possible. Hundreds attended – children, chiefs, politicians, drummers, fiddlers, musicians, and most importantly: our dear friends. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/wU9GSdEyrV
— William Haun (@whaun) August 22, 2022
‘When we went for the competition, ‘we realize we can represent our country of birth or our place of living, so I decided to choose the country I live in which is Ghana’ Trey Haun tells BBC
A lot of individual were curious about how Trey Haun became a Ghanaian because he is of white boy, and his father William Haun has been responding to lots of tweets on the microblogging platform one of which tells stories about his son
Thanks for the nice story last night, @tv3_ghana https://t.co/f9leGC3geN
— William Haun (@whaun) August 24, 2022
Trey Haun’s mother and father relocated their family to Ghana when he was just a year old.
Since that time, he has lived for more than half of his life in the Mamprusu village of Nalerigu in Ghana’s north-eastern region.
He is pictured in another image bowing before the Nalerigu tribe’s chief.
Trey’s father posted pictures of his son online when he was younger and wearing the traditional Mamprusu Batakari and was performing with the Mamprusu tribe’s customary drummers and dancers..
