Alison Cumings

Alison Cumings

Country	England
Born	(1961-11-18) 18 November 1961 (age 63) Dartford, Kent, England
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 6 (May 1986)
Medal record Representing   England Women's squash World Team Squash Championships 1985 Dublin 1987 Auckland 1989 Warmond European Team Championships 1984 Dublin Team 1985 Barcelona Team 1986 Aix-en-Provence Team 1988 Warmond Team 1989 Helsinki Team

Alison Cumings (born 18 November 1961) is a former English professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of 6 in the world during May 1986. ^[1]

Biography

Cumings was born in Dartford in the county of Kent, England. ^[2] She started playing squash as a junior, developing at Reigate Squash Club. ^[3]

After winning the British Under-19 title, Cumings developed her career further, eventually reaching a world no. 4 ranking for women squash players. She was also the Women's British National Squash Champion in 1982, and part of the winning Women's World Team in 1985 in Dublin, where the England team beat New Zealand 2-1.

The successful England team went on to win the 1987 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Auckland, New Zealand and the 1989 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Warmond, in the Netherlands. ^[4]

Cumings won five gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989. ^{[5] [6]}

She now lives in Leatherhead, Surrey, under the married name of Alison Malynn.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Profile and world ranking". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
2. "Squash Info | Alison Cumings | Squash".
3. "Reigate Squash Club - History". reigate.mycourts.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
4. Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN   0-85112-270-1.
5. "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
6. "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.