Franck Multon Explained

Franck Multon is a French bridge player.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

• Bermuda Bowl (1) 1997 ^[1]
• World Transnational Open Teams Championship (2) 2007, 2009 ^[2]
• World Olympiad Teams Championship (1) 1996
• North American Bridge Championships (5)
  • Reisinger (2) 2012, 2013 ^[3]
  • Spingold (2) 2011, 2012 ^[4]
  • Vanderbilt (1) 2010 ^[5]

Runners-up

• Bermuda Bowl (1) 2013 ^[1]
• North American Bridge Championships (6)
  • Reisinger (1) 2011 ^[3]
  • Spingold (4) 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 ^[4]
  • Vanderbilt (1) 2014 ^[5]

Controversy at Winter Games 2020

Multon was dummy with his partner Pierre Zimmermann as declarer when with three cards left to play Multon was alleged to tell his partner (in French) how to play the remaining cards.^[6] This breaks Law 43A (paragraph 1(c)) of The Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017. The Winter Games tournament in Monaco attracted many of the world's top bridge players - the main sponsor of the tournament was the aforementioned Pierre Zimmermann.

Notes and References

1. http://www.worldbridge.org/world-team-championships.aspx World Team Championship Winners
2. http://www.worldbridge.org/transnational-open-teams.aspx World Transational Open Teams Winners
3. Web site: Reisinger Winners . ACBL . 2016-07-31 .
4. Web site: Spingold Previous Winners . ACBL . 2016-07-31 .
5. Web site: Vanderbilt Previous Winners . ACBL . 2016-07-31 .
6. Web site: It Happened One Day . Bridgewinners . 2020-03-15 .