Figurinha
Nelson Garcia
São Paulo, Brazil, 1921- São Paulo, 2009
Cyclist, globist, juggler, equilibrist, actor, and clown Figurinha. He is from the third generation of the Garcia family and his parents are Agenor Garcia and Margarida Jacó Garcia. He began acting when he was a child and specialized in cycling with Julio Colombeti. Later in his life he performed unicycling in the circuses Nerino, Piolin, Garcia and Aurora until 1975. He worked for the bycicle factory, Monark, for twenty-eight years. Figurinha married Ayola Pinto with whom he had three children: Ariel, Ayelson and Ana Regina.