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The Joan Gerard Youth Awards were established in 1989 by the World Bridge Federation to celebrate the sportsmanship of competitive youth contract bridge players. They were originally called the WBF Youth Award and were awarded biennially to four competitive bridge players under the age of 26. From 1995 to 2006, this coincided with the World Junior Camp. [1] They were discontinued in 2007 at the same time as the discontinuation of the camps but reinstated in 2013 in a new form, being awarded annually at the Youth Bridge Teams Championships to a Junior, a Youngster, a Girl, and starting in 2015, a Kid. After the passing of Joan Gerard, they were renamed in her memory. [2]
Year | Winners | |||
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1989 | Wim Hendriks, The Netherlands | Andrew J. Merrison, Great Britain | Witold Tomaszek, Poland | Sergej Zernov, USSR |
1991 | Lennart Heip, Belgium | Julia Korus, Germany | Stephan Magnusson, Switzerland | Peter Pade, Denmark |
1993 | Panos Papadopoulos, Greece | Marco Pengov, France | Brian Powell, Great Britain | Ruth Sorrell, Israel |
1995 | Andrei Mihailescu, Switzerland | Henrik Ron, Denmark | Tony Seto, USA | Shelley Unger, Austria |
1997 | Mette Drogemuller, Denmark | Daniel Stanghelle, Norway | Schelte Wijma, The Netherlands | Daniel Zagorin, USA |
1999 | Josh Heller, Canada | Monika Miroslaw, Germany | Kathrine Bertheau, Sweden | Thomas Schönfeldt, Denmark |
2001 | Niek Brink, The Netherlands | Kostas Koussis, Greece | Daniel Mogilnick, Poland | Ophir Reshef, Israel |
2003 | Kåre Gjaldbaek, Denmark | Benjy Green, England | Philippos Karamanlis, Greece | Joel Wooldridge, USA |
2004 | Sunisa Chodchoy, Thailand | Joshua Donn, USA | Catalin-Lucian Lazar, Romania | Björn Sörling, Sweden |
2006 | Nicholas Rodwell, Australia | Rosaline Barendregt, Belgium | Steve de Roos, Belgium | Joe Grue, USA |
Year | Juniors Winner | Youngsters Winner | Girls Winner |
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2013 | Adam Kaplan, USA | Li Qian, China | Ellena Moskovsky, Australia |
2014 | Botswana Team | Ida Grönkvist, Sweden | Jessica Brake, Australia |
Year | Juniors Winner | Youngsters Winner | Girls Winner | Kids Winner |
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2015 | Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina | Fang Zhengyuan, China | Selena Pepić, Serbia | Kacper Kopka, Poland |
2016 | Mikael Grönkvist, Sweden | Bermuda Team | Susanna Broccolino, Italy, Renee Cooper, Australia, Indonesian Team | Isis Lundkvist, Sweden |
2017 | Christian Bakke, Norway | Martin Nataf, France | Jinyi Ma, China, Sarah Combescure, France | Anshul Bhatt, India |
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