David Williams (Series 43)

David Williams (Series 43) Octochamp Statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	1
Points total	535
Conundrums solved	8

For other people called David Williams, see David Williams.

David Williams in the 30th Birthday Championship.

David Williams was a semi-finalist in Series 43 and a contestant in the 30th Birthday Championship.

Appearances on the programme

Heat games

He first appeared on 23 August 2000, beating Sheila Reid 67 – 41, and won a further seven games to not only become an octochamp and No. 1 seed for the series, but also the highest-scoring octochamp of the 9 round era with an aggregate score of 535, surpassing Harvey Freeman's long-standing record by 12 points. Notably, he solved all 8 conundrums during his octochamp run, and was only the third player to do so after Darryl Francis and Freeman himself.

Series finals

Williams beat James Sheppard in the quarter-final, but came unstuck against Matthew Turner in the semi-final, losing 57 – 40.

Championship of Champions XI

Williams returned in 2003 for Championship of Champions XI, and faced Chris Wills in the first round. Williams led by eight points going into the crucial conundrum thanks to an excellent final numbers game, but Wills' superior reflexes enabled him to buzz in almost instantly, meaning he went through whilst Williams had to leave the competition. However, Williams' losing score of 111 added another record to his list, until it was beaten by Matthew Shore at the following Championship of Champions event.

30th Birthday Championship

He returned to Countdown in 2013, just over a decade later, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. He received a bye to the first round, but lost his only game convincingly to Series 61 champion Chris Davies by a score of 108 – 58.

Post-Countdown

His son, Richard Williams would himself make an appearance on Countdown in Series 84.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2827	23/08/2000	P	Sheila Reid	41 – 67	David Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	73
2828	24/08/2000	P	David Williams	78 – 29	Tony McGill	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	83
2829	25/08/2000	P	David Williams	72 – 41	Alistair Littlewood	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	81
2830	29/08/2000	P	David Williams	62 – 13	Rose Agnew	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	74
2831	30/08/2000	P	David Williams	69 – 42	Marion Alexander	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	71
2832	5/09/2000	P	David Williams	63 – 33	Mike Pilkington	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	81
2833	6/09/2000	P	David Williams	59 – 36	Paul Coulson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Carol Barnes	Susie Dent	75
2834	7/09/2000	P	David Williams	65 – 41	Mark Dermody	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Carol Barnes	Susie Dent	73
2905	15/12/2000	QF	David Williams	62 – 46	James Sheppard	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Anya Sitaram	Richard Samson	73
2909	21/12/2000	SF	David Williams	40 – 57	Matthew Turner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	73
3391	7/01/2003	CP	Chris Wills	113 – 111	David Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	131
5628	24/01/2013	30B1	David Williams	58 – 108	Chris Davies	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	119