acrobat
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“They used me as a model in their diving program,” says Louganis, who trained as an acrobat and dancer as a child before moving to diving.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024
The acrobat, in his 20s, fell while riding the "wheel of death" apparatus at the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on Wednesday evening.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023
On this day in 1859, the French acrobat Charles Blondin tightrope-walked across the Niagara Gorge, 160 feet above water.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023
Anna Lysytska, a 14-year-old acrobat, said it had been difficult at first to adapt to life in Hungary after fleeing her home in Kharkiv.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023
In 1878, Hilarion Daza, the illegitimate son of an Italian acrobat, seized power in Bolivia.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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