NAME :
Sam Kantimathi

AGE/AREA :
46 from California, USA

OCCUPATION :
Owner, Aerospace Consultancy Firm

ACHIEVEMENTS :

• Winning the Gold Medal, trophy and US$10,000 in the Philippines Invitational in 1997, ahead of World Championship veterans, three weeks after starting to study words exclusive to the British lexicon.
• Awarded "Best Strategic Play" (brilliancy prize) in US Nationals, Chicago, 1998
• Guinness Book of World Records: Highest Score in opening play, 124 for BEZIQUE
• Qualified three years in a row in the 2-person Final Shootout in the tough Thailand international Championship, winning the Prime Minister's Trophy once.

COMMENTS :
Creator of SamTimer, the best-selling digital Scrabble clock in the world. Loves to travel on many continents and has won expert level Scrabble tournaments in more countries than anyone: USA, Canada, UK, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and New Zealand (beating Nigel Richards in the final game).