Donna Compton is an American

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player. Compton won the

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in Philadelphia 2010 playing with

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from Italy. Compton owns a Bridge club in Dallas with her husband, Chris Compton, who is also a professional bridge player. Compton often acts at the non playing captain (NPC) for American teams playing in World Championships. Compton was the NPC for USA 2 in the d'Orsi Senior Bowl in Bali in October 2013. Compton's team discovered that a pair from their German opponents were using coughs and other signals to communicate information to the partner. Germany won the final, USA 2 filed a complaint. The German pair was found guilty of cheating, the German team was disqualified and USA 2 was declared the winners. Compton was the NPC for USA in all of their

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appearances (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012). Compton was the NPC for USA 2, winners of the

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in 2009. She is married to

Chris Compton Chris Compton is an American bridge player. He is married to Donna Compton. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 2016 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (4) ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2008 ** Reisinger (1) 1989 ** ...

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

(1) 2010 *

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

(1) **

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(1) 2003

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* American contract bridge players Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) People from Dallas {{Bridge-game-stub