Colin Cummings

Colin Cummings (born April 15, 1999) is a multi-time air hockey champion.[1]

Information

He began playing air hockey at the age of 10 at a neighbors house.[2][3] He became the #1 ranked junior air-hockey player within 2 years.[4] Cummings won the AHPA Air Hockey World Championships in 2015. He became the youngest air hockey world champion ever at the age of 16 and was awarded a Guinness World Record.[5][6][7][8]

Cummings has since won USAA World Championships in 2016 and from 2019 to 2022 and won AHPA titles from 2015 to 2019.[9] [10][1][4]

Cummings plays an attacking style and likes to move the puck often.[4]

Personal life

Cummings attended Kelly Catholic School and had hoped to join the U.S. Air Force.[4] Colin's father is also a top ranked air hockey player, that was at one point ranked #15 in the world.[4][6][11]

References

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  2. Daniels, Jake (2015), Beaumont teen is youngest ever to win world air hockey title, Beaumont Enterprise, retrieved 12 April 2023
  3. This 7-time air hockey world champ is also a Baylor Bear, Baylor Proud, 2019, retrieved 12 April 2023
  4. Hoffman, Kevin (2016), Air-hockey champ rules the world from home, Houston Chronicle, retrieved 12 April 2023
  5. Minter, Casey (2018), Cummings Clenches Air Hockey World Title Again, RePlay Magazine, retrieved 12 April 2023
  6. Bludau, Jannelle (2019), Houston to host 2023 Air Hockey World Championship, KHOU-11, retrieved 12 April 2023
  7. Youngest Air Hockey World Champion, Guinness World Records, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
  8. 16-Year-Old Becomes the Youngest Ever Air Hockey World Champion, PR Web, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
  9. Carmody, Kevin (2016), World championships bring top air hockey players to Chapel Hills Mall, The Gazette, retrieved 12 April 2023
  10. Sun, Chhun (2018), Air hockey, not just an arcade game, brings out world’s best in Colorado Springs, The Gazette, retrieved 12 April 2023
  11. Bludau, Janelle (2021), League City father, son headed to Air Hockey World Championship, KHOU-11, retrieved 12 April 2023
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