Terry Cavaretta aka Terry Cavaretta-St. Jules (born 1953) is a prominent American

aerialist Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most often performed in acro d ...

.Circus Magazine, July 1976Bandwagon, Nov 1987 In 1977, she became the first woman to perform a quadruple somersault on

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. She is listed in the

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for achieving the most triple somersaults. She was also the first aerialist to perform a triple back somersault with one and a half twists. She was inducted into the Ring of Fame in 2009 and the International

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in 2014.

Career

She initially gained prominence as a member of the "Flying Cavarettas" at Circus Circus in

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, where she performed from 1968 to 1991. In 2012, Cavaretta founded a trapeze school in

Personal

Cavaretta married trapeze catcher Roland "Ron" Eloy in 1971. She married Réjean St. Jules, a juggler, in 1983. Cavaretta and St. Jules have one son, Sebastian St. Jules (b. 2001).El Ambidextro, Feb. 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavaretta, Terry 1953 births Living people American acrobatic gymnasts