Lorenzo Lauria (born July 17, 1947 ) is an

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international

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player. He is a six-time world champion and a World Grand Master of the

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(WBF). As of July 2014 he ranks fifth among Open World Grand Masters and his regular partner Alfredo Versace ranks fourth.

Major bridge tournament wins

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 Wuh ...

2005, 2013 * European Team Championships:1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010 * World Open Teams: 1998, 2002 * Grand Prix Open Teams : 1999 *

World Team Olympiad The World Team Olympiad was a contract bridge meet organized by the World Bridge Federation every four years from 1960 to 2004. Its main events were world championships for national teams, always including one open and one restricted to women ("O ...

: 2000, 2004 * European Champions' Cup for Open Teams: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 *

World Mind Sports Games The World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) was a multi-sport event created by the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) as a "stepping stone on the path of introducing a third kind of Olympic Games" after the Summer and the Winter Olympics". The i ...

: Open Teams 2008 — successor to the quadrennial Olympiad *

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 ...

(12) **

Jacoby Open Swiss Teams The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss Teams event with two qualifying a ...

(1) 2001 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1999, 2004 **

Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). It is an open four session board-a-match event ...

(3) 2002, 2003, 2011 **

Reisinger The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Reisinger is a board-a-match event. History The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy ( ...

(4) 2000, 2007, 2010, 2011 **

Spingold The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. T ...

(3) 2001, 2002, 2015

Runners-up

(1) 2001 **

(3) 1998, 2001, 2005 **

(1) 2006

References

External links

* * Italian contract bridge players Bermuda Bowl players Living people 1947 births Place of birth missing (living people) {{Bridge-game-stub