Robert Fountain

For the event designer, see Robert Fountain (event designer).

Robert Fountain is a British calculating prodigy.[1][2][3][4] He won the first MSO Mental Calculation World Championship in 1998 and the first Mental Calculation World Cup in 2004. In 1999 he became the first Grandmaster of Mental Calculation. He was inspired to take up mental calculation as a hobby at the age of 11 after seeing Wim Klein performing on television.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Spiegel Video, 1/11/2004
  2. ↑ Focus Magazin, 4/11/2006
  3. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel, 4/11/2006
  4. ↑ Austrian Times, 4/7/2008
  5. ↑ Symmetry Magazine, December 2012
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