Rocky Carson

Nick Name

: N/A

Born

:21 May,1979

Age

:40 years, 3 months

Location

:Newport Beach, California, United States

Education

: Saddleback College

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About Rocky Carson

Rocky Carson is an American professional racquetball player (born May 21, 1979). Carson is the current racquetball World Champion, a title he won for the 4th time in 2014, which is a International Racquetball Federation (IRF) career record. Carson was the #1 player on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) at the end of the 2007-08 season.,and finished ranked 2nd at the end of the 2013-14 season. A California native, Carson developed his game outdoors, and is known for an unorthodox game style that makes his opponents do the work. In 2008, he became the first man to hold the World Outdoor Championship, International Racquetball Federation (IRF; indoor) World Championship, and US Open titles simultaneously.

Domestic and international career:

Carson's four gold medals in men's singles at the 2014, 2012, 2010 and 2008 World Championships is the most ever for a man, one more than Jack Huczek. Previously at Worlds, Carson was the silver medalist in 2000, and a bronze medalist in 2004 and 1998. Carson is the current Pan American Games gold medalist, which was his second Pan Am Games medal, as he won bronze in 2003. Carson was part of Team USA that were finalists in the 2011 Pan Am Games team competition. He also won gold at the 2001 Pan American Championships and bronze in the 2002 Pan Am Championships.

World Games:

In the World Games, Carson took silver in the 2009, and bronze in 2013.

World Championships:

In his only doubles appearance on Team USA he and Jack Huczek took silver at the 2006 World Championships, losing the final to the Mexican team of Javier Moreno and Alvaro Beltran.

Pan American Championships:

In all, Carson has been a member of Team USA on 14 occasions: thirteen times as a singles player and once as a doubles player. He played in eight IRF World Championships: 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014 as well as two Pan American Championships in 2001 and 2002, and two Pan American Games in 2003 and 2011.