JoAnn Sprung
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JoAnn Sprung (née Wellens, died 2022) was an American bridge player. She won a World Championship in 2010. She lost in the final of the McConnell Cup in 1994 and reached the semi-final stage of the same event at the 1998 World Championship in Lille, France.[1]
Bridge accomplishments
[edit]Wins
[edit]- World Mixed Teams Championship (1) 2010 [2]
- North American Bridge Championships (6)
- Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1980 [3]
- Rockwell Mixed Pairs (2) 1990, 1991 [3]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1994, 2004 [3]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 2004 [3]
Runners-up
[edit]- McConnell Cup (1) 1994
- North American Bridge Championships (8)
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1982, 2005 [3]
- Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1994 [3]
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1996, 2004, 2007 [3]
- Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 2003 [3]
- NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams (1) 2019
Personal life
[edit]JoAnn was married twice. First to Ed Manfield from 1980 to 1985 and then to Danny Sprung.
References
[edit]- ^ World Bridge Federation. "1998 World Bridge Championship Louis Vuitton McConnell Cup". World Bridge Federation. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ "World Transnational Mixed Teams".
- ^ a b c d e f g h ACBL. "NABC Winners - by Name". ACBL. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
