Germain Boulianne
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Germain Boulianne | |
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 Boulianne in 2006. | |
| Born | February 16, 1960 |
| Known for | Scrabble player |
Germain Boulianne (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁ.me bul.jan]; born February 16, 1960) is a Francophone Scrabble player from Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Québec, and a member of the Outaouais Scrabble Club.[1] He has won the Quebec Scrabble Championship nine times. In 2004 in Marrakech, became the first Québécois player to have won the French World Scrabble Championship,[2] also becoming the first non-European player to do so.[3]
In 2006, he tied François Bédard's record by winning his seventh Quebec championship title. In 2008, he won the Quebec championship again, finishing ahead of Bédard and setting a new Quebec record with 8 national titles.[4] In 2014, he was dubbed "The Québec Master of Scrabble" or « le maître du Scrabble au Québec » .[5]
Boulianne works as a translator in the Parliament of Canada.[6]