JoAnn Sprung (, died 2022) was an American
bridge player. She won a World Championship in 2010. She lost in the final of the
McConnell Cup
McConnell Cup is a team event for women held every four years as part of the World Bridge Series Championships. The event was inaugurated in 1994 and is named in honor of Ruth McConnell, former treasurer for the World Bridge Federation (WBF) and ...
in 1994 and reached the semi-final stage of the same event at the 1998 World Championship in Lille, France.
Bridge accomplishments
Wins
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World Mixed Teams Championship
The World Mixed Teams Championship is a bridge competition for teams of mixed pairs. At every table, two teams are always represented by a mixed pair, one man and one woman.
The Mixed Teams event was held in conjunction with the first and fourth ...
(1) 2010
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North American Bridge Championships (6)
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Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1980
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Rockwell Mixed Pairs (2) 1990, 1991
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Wagar Women's Knockout Teams
The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams is a knock-out team event.
The event is restric ...
(2) 1994, 2004
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Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 2004
Runners-up
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McConnell Cup
McConnell Cup is a team event for women held every four years as part of the World Bridge Series Championships. The event was inaugurated in 1994 and is named in honor of Ruth McConnell, former treasurer for the World Bridge Federation (WBF) and ...
(1) 1994
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North American Bridge Championships (8)
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Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1982, 2005
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Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1994
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Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams The Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC) and is a four session board-a-match event, two qualifying sessions and two final sess ...
(3) 1996, 2004, 2007
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Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 2003
** NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams (1) 2019
Personal life
JoAnn was married twice. First to
Ed Manfield
Edward Adam Manfield (May 1, 1943 – March 29, 1999) was a professional American bridge player. He was a member of the U.S. team that won the Rosenblum Cup at the 1986 World Bridge Championships, after taking silver in 1982.
Biography
Manfield w ...
from 1980 to 1985 and then to Danny Sprung.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sprung, JoAnn
American contract bridge players