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[[Image:Austin Shin2.png|right|thumb|Austin Shin in [[Series 49]].]]
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[[Image:Austin Shin1.jpg|right|thumb|Austin Shin in his match against [[Beth Sutton]].]]
 
[[Image:Austin shin.jpg|right|thumb|A grown-up Austin.]]
 
[[Image:Austin shin.jpg|right|thumb|A grown-up Austin.]]
 
'''Austin Shin''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 49]].
 
'''Austin Shin''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 49]].
  
Aged 13, he lost to the eventual Series champion [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] by just one point. This was Davies' smallest winning margin in any of his 11 Series 49 games. Despite not having won a game, Shin was invited back for a special against [[Beth Sutton]] and won with 98 points, scoring in every round but two.
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Aged 13 at the time of his appearance, he lost to the eventual Series champion [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] by just one point. This was Davies' smallest winning margin in any of his eleven Series 49 games. Despite not having won a regular game, Shin was invited back for a special against [[Beth Sutton]] and won with 98 points, scoring in every round but two.
  
Away from Countdown, Shin is a [[Scrabble|Scrabble]] Grandmaster and came second in the first World Youth Scrabble Championship in 2006.
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He is also a [[Scrabble|Scrabble]] Grandmaster and came second in the inaugural World Youth Scrabble Championship in 2006, as well as winning the ABSP National Scrabble Championship in 2017. He currently lives in the USA, where he is a 2-time US champion under the Collins dictionary division.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Latest revision as of 17:36, 18 November 2022

Austin Shin in Series 49.
Austin Shin in his match against Beth Sutton.
A grown-up Austin.

Austin Shin was a contestant in Series 49.

Aged 13 at the time of his appearance, he lost to the eventual Series champion John Davies by just one point. This was Davies' smallest winning margin in any of his eleven Series 49 games. Despite not having won a regular game, Shin was invited back for a special against Beth Sutton and won with 98 points, scoring in every round but two.

He is also a Scrabble Grandmaster and came second in the inaugural World Youth Scrabble Championship in 2006, as well as winning the ABSP National Scrabble Championship in 2017. He currently lives in the USA, where he is a 2-time US champion under the Collins dictionary division.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3475 5/05/2003 P John Davies 92 – 91 Austin Shin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jennie Bond Susie Dent 132
S23 30/05/2005 S Austin Shin 98 – 67 Beth Sutton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Bernard Ingham Alison Heard 133