Austin Shin - Revision history

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-[[Image:Austin Shin1.jpg|right|thumb|Austin Shin]]
+[[Image:Austin Shin2.png|right|thumb|Austin Shin in [[Series 49]].]]
 [[Image:Austin shin.jpg|right|thumb|A grown-up Austin.]]
 '''Austin Shin''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 49]].

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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.
-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.
+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==

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 '''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.
+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.
-He is also a [[Scrabble|Scrabble]] Grandmaster and came second in the inaugural World Youth Scrabble Championship (now the WESPA Youth Cup) in 2006. In 2017, he became both the North American Collins Scrabble Words Champion and the ABSP National Scrabble Champion.
+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.
 ==Episodes==

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	He is also a [[Scrabble\|Scrabble]] Grandmaster and came second in the inaugural World Youth Scrabble Championship (now the WESPA Youth Cup) in 2006. In 2017, he became both the North American Collins Scrabble Words Champion and the ABSP National Scrabble Champion.		He is also a [[Scrabble\|Scrabble]] Grandmaster and came second in the inaugural World Youth Scrabble Championship (now the WESPA Youth Cup) in 2006. In 2017, he became both the North American Collins Scrabble Words Champion and the ABSP National Scrabble Champion.
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		+	He is also the co-founder of "Tablet Scrabble" – an initiative involving playing the game using a mobile device and wi-fi instead of a traditional board to allow faster games and attract new players – alongside 2017 World Scrabble Champion David Eldar.

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==

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 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.
-He is also a [[Scrabble|Scrabble]] Grandmaster and came second in the first World Youth Scrabble Championship in 2006, before winning the North American Scrabble Championship in the Collins Scrabble Words division in 2017.
+He is also a [[Scrabble|Scrabble]] Grandmaster and came second in the inaugural World Youth Scrabble Championship (now the WESPA Youth Cup) in 2006. In 2017, he became both the North American Collins Scrabble Words Champion and the ABSP National Scrabble Champion.
 ==Episodes==

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-[[Image:Austin Shin1.jpg|right|thumb| Austin Shin]]
+[[Image:Austin Shin1.jpg|right|thumb|Austin Shin]]
-[[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]]. Aged 13, he lost to the eventual Series champion John Davies by just one point. This was John's smallest winning margin in any of his 11 Series 49 games.  Despite not having won a game, Austin was invited back for a special against [[Beth Sutton]] and won with 98 points, scoring in every round but two.
+'''Austin Shin''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 49]].
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+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.
-Away from Countdown, Austin is an [[Association of British Scrabble Players|ABSP]] [[Scrabble|Scrabble player]] and came second in the first World Youth Scrabble Championship.
 ==Episodes==
 {{episode table}}
-{{ep | 3475 | 5/05/2003 | P | [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] | 92 – 91 | Austin Shin | [[Jennie Bond]] | [[Susie Dent]] }}
+{{ep | 3475 | 5/05/2003 | P |[[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]]| 92 – 91 |Austin Shin|[[Jennie Bond]]|[[Susie Dent]]|132}}
-{{ep | S23 | 30/05/2005 | S | Austin Shin | 98 – 67 | [[Beth Sutton]] | [[Bernard Ingham]] | [[Alison Heard]] }}
+{{ep | S23 | 30/05/2005 | S |Austin Shin| 98 – 67 |[[Beth Sutton]]|[[Bernard Ingham]]|[[Alison Heard]]|133}}
 {{episode table end}}

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−	'''Austin Shin''' was a contestant in [[Series 49]]. Aged 13, he lost to the eventual Series champion John Davies by just one point. This was John's smallest winning margin in any of his 11 Series 49 games. Away from Countdown, Austin is an [[Association of British Scrabble Players\|ABSP]] [[Scrabble\|Scrabble player]] and came second in the first World Youth Scrabble Championship~~. Despite not having won a game, Austin was invited back for a special against [[Beth Sutton]] and won with 98 points, scoring in every round but two~~.	+	[[Image:Austin shin.jpg\|right\|thumb\| Austin Shin]]
		+	'''Austin Shin''' was a contestant in [[Series 49]]. Aged 13, he lost to the eventual Series champion John Davies by just one point. This was John's smallest winning margin in any of his 11 Series 49 games. Despite not having won a game, Austin was invited back for a special against [[Beth Sutton]] and won with 98 points, scoring in every round but two.
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		+	Away from Countdown, Austin is an [[Association of British Scrabble Players\|ABSP]] [[Scrabble\|Scrabble player]] and came second in the first World Youth Scrabble Championship.

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==