A writer from Somerville, Massachusetts...

Fritz Holznagel

"He was a writer living in Oregon when he won the 1995 Tournament of Champions. He's still a writer, now living in Somerville, Massachusetts. Please welcome..."

2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000.
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000.
1996 Olympic Games Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
1995 Tournament of Champions winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000.
Season 11 4-time champion: $49,413.

Playing as Ryan, he won $30,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire on 2018-04-17 & 2018-04-18.

"Fritz" is Ryan's lifelong nickname and he elected to go by that name for his Battle of the Decades appearance.

Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Woodnail
JBoard user name: FritzHolz

Fritz appeared in the following archived game:
#6787, aired 2014-03-04 Fritz Holznagel vs. Dan Melia vs. Pam Mueller Battle of the Decades: The 1990s game 2.
Fritz previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Ryan Holznagel in the following 2 archived games:
#4762, aired 2005-04-26 Ryan Holznagel vs. Chris Miller vs. David Traini 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 2, game 10. (Austin...
#4726, aired 2005-03-07 John Kelly vs. Ryan Holznagel vs. Barbara-Anne Eddy 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 19.

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