Guglielmo Siniscalco (21 July 1921 – 5 December 2020) was an Italian

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. Native of

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, he was a civil engineer by vocation. He was six-times Italian champion (1948, 1949, 1951, 1956, 1957 and 1959). He won three

Bermuda Bowl The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial contract bridge world championship for national . It is contested every odd-numbered year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Venice Cup (women), the d'Orsi Senior Bowl and the Wu ...

titles in 1957, 1958 and 1959 with the Blue Team. After the 1959 victory, he decided to withdraw from professional bridge to pursue an engineering career.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

(3) 1957, 1958, 1959 World Team Championship Winners
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Runners-up

(1) 1951 World Team Championship Winners
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References

External links

* Italian contract bridge players 1921 births 2020 deaths Sportspeople from Naples {{bridge-game-stub