Jón Baldursson (23 Desember 1954 - 9 September 2023) was an Icelandic

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

player. He won the

Bermuda Bowl The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial contract bridge world championship for national . It is contested every odd-numbered year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Venice Cup (women), the d'Orsi Senior Bowl and the Wu ...

in 1991 in Japan. He remains the top masterpoint winner in Iceland. Jón is in the European Bridge Hall of fame in 2019.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

World Bridge Championships The World Bridge Championships consists of several sets of championships organized under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation. World Bridge Series Championships ''World Bridge Series Championships'' is the new 2010 name for a quadrennial me ...

(3) **

(1) 1991 ** Generali World Masters Individual (1) 1994 ** World Bridge Federation Mixed Teams (1) 1996

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1954 births 2023 deaths Bermuda Bowl players 20th-century Icelandic people 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen Place of birth missing {{Iceland-bio-stub