Conor Travers

Conor Travers is a former contestant from the British television game show Countdown. In May 2006 he became a series champion at the age of 14 years, and remains the show's youngest ever champion. He later qualified for the 12th Championship of Champions tournament, making the semi-final in the process. He also won the Countdown 30th Birthday Championship in March 2013,^[1][2] where in the final he scored a then-record equalling 146 points.

Travers studied for his GCSEs at Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Luton and he did his A-levels at Luton Sixth Form College.^[3] He went on to study mathematics at St John’s College, University of Cambridge.^[1] His hobbies include cricket, chess, and computers.^[4]