Ron King
Encyclopedia
Ron "Suki" King is a checkers player from Saint George, Barbados. He has won United States titles and twelve World Championship Titles at the game and is considered one of the strongest players of the game. He has been honored by his homeland being named Barbados
's Sportsman of the Year in both 1991 and 1992. He also made it into Guinness World Records
in 1998 for playing against 385 players simultaneously and beating them all. He has been called the Muhammad Ali
of the checkers world for his "trash-talking."
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
's Sportsman of the Year in both 1991 and 1992. He also made it into Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
in 1998 for playing against 385 players simultaneously and beating them all. He has been called the Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
of the checkers world for his "trash-talking."
World Championship titles
- 3 time world champion (Three-move): 1994, 1996, 1997
- 9 time world champion (GAYP, go as you please): 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2006, 2008