Brechiena "Bep" Vriend (born 1946) is a Dutch

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

player and teacher. She ranked number 8 among Women World Grand Masters as of April 2011 and number 20 among 69 WGM as of June 2014."Women World Grand Masters"
(1 to 20 of 69). WBF Master Points (wbfmasterpoints.com). Retrieved 2014-06-26. Vriend was

European Bridge League The European Bridge League is a confederation of National Bridge Federations (NBFs) that organize the card game of contract bridge in European nations. In turn the EBL organizes bridge competition at the European level. It is a member of the Europ ...

Women Pairs champion 1980, 1993 and 2007, European Women Teams champion in 2007, World Champion Women Pairs 1994, and World Champion Women Teams (

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), Wuhan Cup (mixed), ...

) 2000. Vriend was born in

Andijk Andijk (; ) is a former municipality and a village bordering Lake IJssel in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. Since 1 January 2011 Andijk has been part of Medemblik municipality. The name Andijk c ...

North Holland North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...

, about north of Amsterdam, where she learned bridge as a student. There she also met her husband, Anton Maas, another international bridge player and sometime coach of the Dutch open team. Playing together they have won EBL championships in Mixed Teams and Mixed Pairs. Vriend first played on the Dutch team in

championships in 1974. For years including the 1994 World Women Pairs she played with Carla Arnold. From 1994 to 2003 including the 2000 Venice Cup championship her partner was Marijke van der Pas. Vriend is a bridge teacher; she and Maas live in

Amstelveen Amstelveen () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 95,996 as of 202 ...

(2011 or later) – a suburb of Amsterdam.

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Profile (24 August 2000)
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at Infobridge.it (Italian with crude English-language version) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vriend, Bep 1946 births Living people People from Andijk Dutch contract bridge players Venice Cup players Date of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from North Holland