Colin Cummings (born April 15, 1999) is an American 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

  1. 1 2 Harding, Matt (2022), World Air Hockey Championships a Hit, RePlay Magazine, retrieved 12 April 2023
  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. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 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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