Frank Frigo is an American backgammon player who took up the game as a teenager in Chicago. He won the World Backgammon Championship in Monte Carlo in 1994 and again in 2023, a 29 year gap between his two titles that is the longest in the tournament's history. Beyond backgammon he is known as a co-creator of an early customizable simulation model for optimizing National Football League in-game strategy, work recognized as part of the founding of NFL analytics.
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Competition Category Career HighlightWorld Backgammon Champion in 1994 and 2023, Monte Carlo 1 Connections
Competed In
Source Backgammon World Championship Monte Carlo, past champions
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1. GammonLife: Frank Frigo
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Frank Frigo won the title of World Champion of Backgammon in 1994 and 2023 at the World Backgammon Championships in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Backgammon World Championship Monte Carlo, past champions
Competed In: World Backgammon Championship, Past world champions list, 1994 entry, competed inQuote, Competed In: World Backgammon Championship, Past world champions list, 1994 entry, competed in
World Champion 1994 Frank Frigo (USA)
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