First flying trapeze quadruple somersault

First flying trapeze quadruple somersault
Who
Miguel Vazquez
What
First
Where
United States (Tucson,)
When
10 July 1982
Miguel Vazquez (Mexico) of the Flying Vazquez is the first flyer to have successfully completed a quadruple back somersault from trapeze to catcher. The event occurred in Tucson, Arizona, USA, on 10 July 1982, during a performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Miguel was seventeen, and his catcher was his brother Juan, who was thirty-one at the time. Miguel and Juan Vazquez performed the trick regularly until the mid-1990s.