Tobi Sokolow (born July 15, 1942) is an American

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player. She won major tournaments as Tobi Deutsch as well. As of 2016, she ranked 10th among women in the world by masterpoints and 11th by placing points that do not decay over time."Women World Grand Masters"
. WBF. Retrieved 2015-12-30. Sokolow learned bridge in her thirties, unusually late for a top player.(Moss Team)
Participant blurbs, United States Bridge Federation. She has won five world titles and 20

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 ...

events including the 2002 Life Master Pairs. At

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, Italy, in 2004 she became the first American man or woman to win the Generali World Masters Individual. Sokolow was born in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

. Her husband David is a law professor at the

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. They live in

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, where she was a

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agent. Her son Adam is a

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in Austin. Sokolow was one of 24 women, six from each of four countries, invited to participate in the

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, December 2011 in Beijing. Her partner was

Janice Seamon-Molson Janice Seamon-Molson (born June 6, 1956) is an American bridge player. Career She has won major tournaments under the name Janice Seamon as well. As of 2016, Seamon–Molson ranked 3rd among women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and ...

. The American women won the Women's Team gold medal, and Sokolow placed third in the Individuals"Great Success of the 2011 SportAccord World Mind Games"
IMSA (imsaworld.com). ecember 2011 Retrieved 2014-11-11. With complete list of medal winners. – a tournament (now rarely-contested) in which every player has a different partner in every round. She finished second in the team event in 2012. On September 7th 2021, Sokolow was added to the

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's "Currently under Discipline" list as having resigned to avoid possible disciplinary action."ACBL list of players Currently Under Discipline
September 8th 2021]. Retrieved 2021-09-09

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

Fishbein Trophy The Fishbein Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Fishbein Trophy was donated by the ACBL in memo ...

2002

Wins

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

(2) 1997, 2003 *

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) 2006 *

World Bridge Games The World Bridge Games are held quadrennially. The first two events were held in 2008 and 2012, in Beijing and Lille respectively, as part of the World Mind Sports Games (WMSG), and superseding the World Team Olympiad, which had been held every fou ...

(1) 2016 *

(20) ** Life Master Pairs (1) 2002 ** Senior Mixed Pairs (1) 2019 ** Women's Board-a-Match Teams (6) 1994, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2015 ** Women's Knockout Teams (4) 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007 ** Women's Swiss Teams (3) 2002, 2009, 2011 ** North American Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1984, 1985 ** Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1991 ** Women's Pairs (2) 1987, 1990 * Women's United States Bridge Championship (7) 1992, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2016 * Other notable wins: ** Generali World Masters Individual (1) 2004 **World Mind Sports Games Women's Teams (1) 2011

Runners-up

(2) 2000, 2015 * World Women Team Olympiad (1) 2004 *

(14) ** Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2005 ** Women's Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1997, 2009, 2010, 2012 ** Women's Knockout Teams (3) 2002, 2003, 2012 ** Women's Swiss Teams (5) 1988, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003 ** Women's Pairs (1) 2001 ** Women's US Bridge Championship (3) 1995, 2011, 2015 * Other notable 2nd places: **

Buffett Cup The Buffett Cup is a bridge trophy which is awarded biennially in an event between teams from Europe and the United States. The tournament is modeled on the Ryder Cup golf competition and is held in the week preceding the golf event at a nearby l ...

(1) 2008

References

External links

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