Rocky Carson
.jpg) Carson at 2006 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May 21, 1979 Newport Beach, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Ladera Ranch, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 175 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Racquetball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Saddleback College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | No. 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 3rd time in 2012. Carson was the #1 player on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) at the end of the 2007-08 season.,[1] and finished ranked 2nd at the end of the 2012-13 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.
Professional career
Carson has won 17 IRT tournaments in his career, tied for 8th all time with Andy Roberts,[1] with the highlight being the 2007 US Open Racquetball Championship. He began to play the pro tour seriously in 1998-99, and won his first tournament in the 2002-03 season. Prior to the 2007-08 season Carson had only won 3 tournaments, but that was his breakout season, as he won 7 tournaments including the US Open and finished the season as the #1 IRT player.[1]
Domestic and international career
Carson's three gold medals in men's singles at the 2012,[2] 2010 and 2008 World Championships tie him for the most ever with 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.
In the World Games, Carson took silver in the 2009, and bronze in 2013.
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.[3]
In all, Carson has been a member of Team USA on 13 occasions: twelve times as a singles player and once as a doubles player. He played in seven IRF: World Championships: 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012, as well as two Pan American Championships in 2001 and 2002, and two Pan American Games in 2003 and 2011.
Carson has won the US Nationals five times, first in 2000, then again in 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2010.[4] He also won the US National doubles title three consecutive years from 2004-2006 with Jack Huczek.[5]
Personal
Carson is married with two children and lives in Orange County, California. His family also lives in California, along with his sister Dawn Carson who teaches math at a private school. She is known amongst her students as "Baby Dawn."
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Todd Boss. "IRT Historical Data Archive". Todd Boss. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=47660
- ↑ "IRF Recordbook". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ "USA Racquetball Singles Records". USA Racquetball. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ "USA Racquetball Doubles Records". USA Racquetball. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
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| Preceded by Jack Huczek |
Number 1 Men's Pro Racquetball Player 2007-2008 |
Succeeded by Kane Waselenchuk |
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