- Jeff Meckstroth
Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born
May 15 ,1956 in Springfield,Ohio ) is a multiple world champion incontract bridge , winning theBermuda Bowl representing the U.S. four times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-calledtriple crown of bridge : the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and theWorld Team Olympiad .For decades he has been in a regular partnership with
Eric Rodwell and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived fromPrecision Club .He is a full time bridge professional and currently lives in Tampa,
Florida .Awards
* ACBL Player of the Decade 1990s
* ACBL Player of the Year 1992, 2004
* Barry Crane Top 500 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007
*Mott-Smith Trophy 1979, 1980, 1985, 2000
*Fishbein Trophy 1996, 2004, 2007
*Herman Trophy 1980, 1982, 1995, 2004
* ACBL King of Bridge 1974
* Le Bridgeur Award (Best Played Hand of the Year) 1998
* IBPA Award (Best Played Hand of the Year) 1999Wins
*
Bermuda Bowl (4) 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003
* World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1988
* World Open Pairs (1) 1986
* World Mixed Pairs (1) 2002
*North American Bridge Championships (44)
** Vanderbilt (5) 1980, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2003
**Spingold (12) 1984, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007
**Reisinger (7) 1979, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005
**Grand National Teams (8) 1990, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1984
**Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (4) 1994, 2002, 2006, 2008
** North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1989
**Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1982
** Life Master Men's Pairs (1) 1979
** Open Pairs (1) 1979
** Open Pairs II (2) 1992, 1999
** Mixed Pairs (1) 1980
* United States Bridge Championships (10)
** Open Team Trials (10) 1980, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008
* European Open Bridge Championships (1)
** Open Pairs (1) 2003
* Other notable wins:
** Cavendish Invitational Teams (2) 2000, 2003
** Macallan Invitational Pairs (2) 1995, 1996Runner-ups
*
Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005
* World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1992
*North American Bridge Championships (18)
** Vanderbilt (4) 1979, 1991, 1996, 2002
**Spingold (2) 1985, 1990
**Reisinger (1) 1980
**Grand National Teams (3) 1994, 2003, 2005
** Open Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1998, 1999
**Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2005
** Master Mixed Teams (2) 1983, 1992
** Life Master Pairs (1) 1983
** Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1992
** Life Master Men's Pairs (1) 1985
* United States Bridge Championships (4)
** Open Team Trials (4) 1982, 1984, 1985, 1997
* Other notable 2nd places:
** Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1997
** Cap Volmac World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1994
** Sunday Times–Macallan Invitational Pairs (1) 1993
** Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1984Books by Jeff Meckstroth
* "Win the Bermuda Bowl with me" by Jeff Meckstroth and Marc Smith, Master Point Press (July, 2001). ISBN 1-894154-33-9
External links
* [http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=3776 World Bridge Federation profile]
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