Gillian Miniter | |
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 Gillian Miniter | |
| Born | Gillian Miniter |
| Nationality | American |
Gillian Miniter is an American silver-medallist World Champion bridge player. She came second in the Mixed Teams event in Wroclaw in 2022.
Gillian Miniter | |
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| Gillian Miniter | |
| Born | Gillian Miniter |
| Nationality | American |
Gillian Miniter is an American silver-medallist World Champion bridge player. She came second in the Mixed Teams event in Wroclaw in 2022.
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most of which are conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle. The most prestigious championships are those for national teams in Open, Women, and Seniors categories: the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, and Senior Bowl, and the quadrennial World Team Olympiads, incorporated in the World Mind Sports Games beginning 2008.
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The d'Orsi Senior Bowl, or Senior Bowl or d'Orsi Bowl, is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national teams of "Seniors", players age 60 and older. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (Open), Venice Cup (Women) and Wuhan Cup (Mixed). Entries formally represent WBF Zones as well as nations so it is also known as the "World Zonal Senior Team Championship", one of three "World Zonal Team Championships". It became an official world championship event in 2001 following a successful exhibition in 2000.
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