Rita Shugart
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American bridge player
Rita Shugart (née Kennedy) is an American bridge player.
Shugart won her first North American Bridge Championship in 1998.[1] She won the Reisinger, arguably the most difficult of all the North American Bridge Championships to win, in consecutive years, 1998, 1999, playing four handed.[2] Shugart is the only female to win the event in over 60 years.
Rita Shugart was the second wife of American engineer and business executive Alan Shugart.[3]
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (3)
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1999 [4]
- Reisinger (2) 1998, 1999 [5]
Runners-up
References
- ↑ New York Times - 70s dropout wins a title at nationals
- ↑ Henry Bethe - final day of the Reisinger Board-a-Match is the hardest day of bridge that exists
- ↑ Markoff, John (December 15, 2006). "Disk drive pioneer Al Shugart dies". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
- ↑ "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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