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Jacquelyn M. "Jacqui" Mitchell (born 1936)"Mitchell, Jacqui"
. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
is an American
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player from New York City and was the wife of Victor Mitchell who, like her, played in international events. According to
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, writing in ''
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'' in early 1987, in September 1986 she became the
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(WBF) highest-ranked woman player. She has won five world titles, four of them when partnering
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.


Career

Mitchell was inducted into the
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in 2003. At the time she was a busy professional teacher as well as player. In 1981–2 and 1983, she took part in ''
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'', two televised matches between teams representing the US and Britain, arranged by the
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. The 1983 match was featured in a book that described her thus:
Jackie ic/nowiki> Mitchell... is as utterly self disciplined at the table as she is away from it... She passes much of her time at the table doing embroidery as though determined to remain detached, but those who trifle with her do so at their peril. If her bidding sometimes appears orthodox, or a little too conservative, her card play and defence are of the very highest quality.


Bridge accomplishments


Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2003"Induction by Year"
''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 16 November 2014.


Wins

* World Championships ** Venice Cup (2) 1976, 1978 ** World Olympiad Women’s Teams (2) 1980, 1984 ** World Women Pairs Championship (1) 1986 *
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 d ...
(15) **
Whitehead Women's Pairs The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Whitehead Women's Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ...
(5) 1971, 1975, 1977, 1984, 2004 **
Machlin Women's Swiss Teams The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams North American bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams is a four-session Swiss Teams event with tw ...
(2) 1983, 1991 **
Wagar Women's Knockout Teams The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams is a knock-out team event. The event is restric ...
(7) 1965, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1987 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1990


Runners-up

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(1) 1974 *
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 d ...
**
Whitehead Women's Pairs The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Whitehead Women's Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ...
(2) 1970, 1974 **
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(1) 1962 **
Machlin Women's Swiss Teams The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams North American bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams is a four-session Swiss Teams event with tw ...
(2) 1985, 2001 **
Wagar Women's Knockout Teams The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams is a knock-out team event. The event is restric ...
(3) 1973, 1982, 1991 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1986, 1995 **
Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It ...
(2) 1989, 1996


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Jacqui 1936 births American contract bridge players Venice Cup players Sportspeople from New York City Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people)