Talk:Triple crown of bridge

Expansion

Here the table is reproduced with extra columns, perhaps extra players to follow. All of the "Triple Crown" winners are men. Let me begin by covering Mixed Pairs and Mixed Teams, one event each. --P64 (talk) 17:33, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

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Name	Bermuda Bowl	Olympiad	Open Pairs	Mixed Pairs	Mixed Teams
Pierre Jaïs	1956	1960	1962
Roger Trézel	1956	1960	1962
Bob Hamman	1970	1988	1974	1986 1994
Bobby Wolff	1970	1988	1974	—	1972
Jeff Meckstroth	1981	1988	1986	2002
Eric Rodwell	1981	1988	1986
Marcelo Branco	1989	1976	1978
Gabriel Chagas	1989	1976	1990
Fulvio Fantoni	2005	2004	2002	2010
Claudio Nunes	2005	2004	2002

Women

Women don't win open world championships, so this table covers the parallel events restricted to women.

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Name	Venice Cup	Olympiad	Women Pairs	Mixed Pairs	Mixed Teams
Fritzi Gordon	1976	1964	1962		1962
Rixi Markus /Scharfstein	1976 [1937]	1964	1962	1970	1962
Jane Juan		1964	1966
Sally Brock /Horton/Sowter	1981	2008
Nicola Smith /Gardener	1981	2008
Heather Dhondy		2008			1996
Sabine Auken	1995			1998	2004

Speaking of the Triple Crown

How much attention does this so-called Triple Crown get? Not much, perhaps because pairs play has been so far eclipsed since WBF inaugurated its "World Pairs Olympiad" in 1962.

Here is one natural use, however, in the blurb for Gabriel Chagas at eBooksBridge from Master Point Press. (promotional material, but the only book now listed for sale with credit to Chagas is World Class by Marc Smith with foreword by Chagas!)

"Gabriel Chagas, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is by far South America's all-time most successful player. He is a three-time World Champion, and has won bridge's Triple Crown ..."

--P64 (talk) 20:45, 2 June 2014 (UTC)