Brechiena Vriend (born 1946, Andijk

Andijk

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, North Holland

North Holland

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) is a Dutch

Netherlands

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 contract bridge

Contract bridge

Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...

 player. As of April 2011, she ranks number 8th among Women World Grand Masters.

Vriend was European 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

Venice Cup

The World Teams Championship in contract bridge for women players only is also known as the Venice Cup, because the first edition was held in Venice, Italy in 1974.It is held every two years, in parallel to the Open World Teams Championship, the Bermuda Bowl....

) 2000. Vriend is married to the Dutch bridge international Anton Maas.

External links

NRC Handelsblad Website, "Geen lange rok", Danielle Pinedo