David Ballheimer

David Ballheimer Octochamp Statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	1
Points total	474
Conundrums solved	4

David Ballheimer was a semi-finalist from Series 42.

He made his debut on 14 February 2000, beating Daniel Vanniasingham before racking up another seven wins and an aggregate score of 474 to become an octochamp and the #1 seed for the series. Ballheimer beat Jim Ainsworth in a close game in the quarter-final, but lost to John Hastings in the semi-final. Ballheimer returned for Championship of Champions XI, but lost to eventual winner Graham Nash in the first round.

His own record of his experience on the show can be read on The Countdown Page here.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Host	Arithmetician	Guest	Lex	Max
2709	14/02/2000	P	Daniel Vanniasingham	53 – 58	David Ballheimer	Martin Jarvis	Damian Eadie	83
2710	15/02/2000	P	David Ballheimer	55 – 15	Janet Nettleship	Martin Jarvis	Damian Eadie	70
2711	16/02/2000	P	David Ballheimer	53 – 43	Ravi Choudhary	Martin Jarvis	Damian Eadie	84
2712	17/02/2000	P	David Ballheimer	72 – 62	Jason Witcher	Martin Jarvis	Damian Eadie	75
2713	18/02/2000	P	David Ballheimer	60 – 22	Maureen Graham	Martin Jarvis	Damian Eadie	94
2714	21/02/2000	P	David Ballheimer	65 – 29	Mark Stubberfield	Penny Smith	Damian Eadie	72
2715	22/02/2000	P	David Ballheimer	40 – 28	Barbara Curr	Penny Smith	Damian Eadie	75
2716	23/02/2000	P	David Ballheimer	71 – 23	Sue Downing	Penny Smith	Damian Eadie	73
2791	12/06/2000	QF	David Ballheimer	63 – 60	Jim Ainsworth	Ned Sherrin	Damian Eadie	71
2795	21/06/2000	SF	David Ballheimer	45 – 46	John Hastings	Joan Bakewell	Damian Eadie	75
3397	15/01/2003	CP	David Ballheimer	70 – 103	Graham Nash	Tim Rice	Susie Dent	119