Ghanaians react as young white rider wins two medals at 2022 Unicycling World Champions for Ghana

Ghana ended the 2022 Unicycling World Champions successfully as teenager Roger Haun III won two medals.

Roger Haun III became the first Ghanaian to ever win medals at the Unicycling Championship after claiming silver and bronze in 30m Wheel Walk Race and 50m One-Wheel Race respectively.

In a video posted on social media, the teenager rode past his

Read full articleopponents to pick up the silver medal in the 30m Wheel Walk Race.

Roger's father, William Haun drew the attention of Ghanaians to his son's achievement when he began tweeting about the history his son has made for the republic.

"This boy of mine took two Unicycling World Championship medals for Ghana - the nations’s first. I couldn’t be more proud of him for all his hard work and perseverance!"

"Ghana Twitter is heating up and asking for videos of Trey’s Unicycle World Championship races so here they are (apologies to those who don’t understand Mampruli but you’ll get the gist," William Haun wrote on Twitter.

The post caught the attention of many Ghanaians including top journalists as they began spreading the news.

Here are some of the reactions compiled by GhanaWeb for you in the post below:

Ghana ???????? Twitter is blowing up and asking for videos of Trey’s Unicycle World Championship races so here they are (apologies to those who don’t understand Mampruli but you’ll get the gist). pic.twitter.com/jKliW9jnxq

— William Haun (@whaun) August 3, 2022

Thank you Trey for making us proud. You’re a true national hero and I celebrate ???? you Sir. Keep going and I believe one day you’ll become an Olympian champion… go Trey, go Ghana ????????❤️????????????

— Donnie Goldsworth (@dannybanks01) August 3, 2022

the Ghanaian ladies for tv top say dem no fit be fluent for 1 Ghanaian language sef, obroni dey speak mamprusi without eh eh ah and not asking anyone how a word is said in mamprusi. nice going champ

— Yaw Anim Owusu (AK-0009979) (@yawanim89) August 3, 2022

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— imagine (@sawal170) August 3, 2022

You see how black people became french English citizens or French citizens...yh a white man is a Ghanaian citizen..nobody should be confused..

— Feeling Tipsy (@Nuseli_1) August 3, 2022

???? A 15-years-old Trey Haun, makes history by winning two medals for Ghana at Unicycling World Championship in France pic.twitter.com/gDDS1w8prb

— Listowel Mensah (AK-0000317) (@Listo_Mens) August 3, 2022

Apparently his entire family have been in nalerigu in the north east region for over 12 years. His father also speaks the native dialect ‘mapruli’ very efficiently. Says they are Ghanaians plus mom is a surgeon also in the north

— Jimmy_Al (@Jimmy_Al_James) August 3, 2022

He is from Nalerugu in the North.

— Listowel Mensah (AK-0000317) (@Listo_Mens) August 3, 2022

???????? Roger Haun represented Ghana at the Unicycling World Champs and grabbed 2 medals- ???? 30m & ????50m one Wheel Walk Races

Roger has been living with his dad in Nalerigu since he was 1 .Here's a video by William,Roger's father detailing the ???? journey

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— George Addo Jnr (@addojunr) August 3, 2022

Congratulations to Roger Haun for lifting the flag of Ghana high. #GTVSports pic.twitter.com/f4ORXOCCZS

— GTV SPORTS+ (@mygtvsports) August 3, 2022

Unicycling World Championship : Ghanaian teen Roger Haun III wins two medals for Ghana, ???????? the nations’s first.

???? 30m Wheel Walk Race (15-16yr Male)

???? 50m One-Wheel Race (15-16yr Male)

( ????: @Whaun)#UNICON20 #UNICON #UNICYCLING #rogerhaun pic.twitter.com/YdALAfeW4R

— Ghanaian American Journal (@gajreport) August 4, 2022

Congratulations Roger Haun III. We are proud of you. A true black star pic.twitter.com/mTFmTcJt9n

— Nana Adu Owusu (@aduzx1) August 3, 2022

This is Roger Haun, a white boy representing Ghana at the Unicycling World Championship. He won two medals for Ghana, the nations’s first.

Very soon we go hire the whites for the Presidency. Good luck to him. ???? pic.twitter.com/RTlsdraBYe

— ABRANTIE FOXY ???????? (@AbrAnte3_FoXy) August 3, 2022

????JUST IN:Roger Haun has won two medals for the country at the Unicycling World Championship

The youngster became the first Ghanaian to ever win medals at the Unicycling Championship #CommonwealthGames2022 #ghana #FoundersDay pic.twitter.com/w32Y0h9781

— TRENDZ TV GH (@Trendztvghana) August 4, 2022

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