Notable Players
Seven players players have won the individual duplicate world title more than once:
- Marc Selis Belgium (1974, 1976)
- Benjamin Hannuna France (1979, 1984)
- Michel Duguet France (1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988)
- Christian Pierre Belgium (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
- Emmanuel Rivalan France (1993, 1999)
- Jean-Pierre Hellebaut Switzerland (2002, 2003)
- Antonin Michel France (2005, 2007)
The records for the most wins at the following championships are
- Blitz world championship: Antonin Michel France (4 wins)
- Pairs world championship: Michel Duguet France (5 wins)
- French national championship
- French duplicate championship: Michel Duguet France (6 wins)
- French matchplay championship: Pierre Olivier-Georget France (3 wins)
- French duplicate blitz championship: Antonin Michel France (5 wins)
- French duplicate pairs championship: Jean-François Lachaud France (5 wins)
- Belgian national championship: Christian Pierre Belgium (14 wins)
- Swiss national championship: Véronique Keim Switzerland (5 wins)
- Tunisian national championship: Abderrazak Ouarda Tunisia (14 wins)
- Quebec national championship: Germain Boulianne (8 wins)
At least four competitors from the Francophone championship have competed in the English language World Scrabble Championship; Antonin Michel, Hervé Bohbot, Dan Laurentiu Sandu and Robert Springer.
Read more about this topic: Francophone Scrabble
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