Beth Palmer
{{short description|American bridge player (1952-2019)}}
Mary "Beth" Palmer (August 14, 1952 – October 2, 2019) was an American bridge player from Chevy Chase, Maryland.{{OEB|5|706}} She was an attorney. At the time of her death, she was 11th in the World Bridge Federation women's rankings by PPs (which do not age off) and 15th by MPs.[http://www.wbfmasterpoints.com/AllTimerankingwomen.asp?offset=0 "Women World Grand Masters"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010053636/http://www.worldbridge.org/womenwmasters.aspx |date=2014-10-10 }}. WBF. Retrieved 2019-10-02
At the SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing, December 2011, Palmer and Lynn Deas won the "Pairs Women" gold medal. Not a world championship meet, the SportAccord WMG invited 24 women from Great Britain, France, China, and the U.S. to compete in three small tournaments as four national teams, twelve pairs, and 24 individuals. The six U.S. women also won the Teams gold medal.
Bridge accomplishments
=Wins=
- World Championships (6)
- Venice Cup (2) 1987,1989
- McConnell Cup (1) 2002
- World Bridge Games (1) 2016
- World Mixed Teams (1) 2018
- Womens Pairs (1) 2010
- North American Bridge Championships (29)
- Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1985{{cite news
|title=Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf
|page=8
|date=2014-03-25
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163529/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (2) 1983, 1985{{cite news
|title=Smith Women's Pairs Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf
|page=7
|date=2013-11-29
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (5) 1987, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2012{{cite news
|title=Machlin Swiss Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf
|page=10
|date=2014-03-29
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (8) 1985, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013{{cite news
|title=Wagar Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|page=10
|date=2014-07-21
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (5) 1992, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2016{{cite news
|title=Women's BAM Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf
|page=4
|date=2013-12-01
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2017{{cite news
|title=Beth Palmer NABC
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinnersbyname?name=Beth+Palmer
|date=2013-12-01
|accessdate=2019-10-02
}}
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (5) 1982, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2006{{cite news
|title=Mixed BAM Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
|page=14
|date=2014-07-24
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
=Runners-up=
- World Championships (5)
- Venice Cup (3) 2009,2015 (silver) 1997 (bronze)
- Womens Pairs (1) 1982 (silver) 1994 (bronze)
- North American Bridge Championships (11)
- Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1989
- Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2014
- Grand National Teams (1) 2011{{cite news
|title=GNT Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf
|page=8
|date=2009-07-24
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163644/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 2008, 2013
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 1986, 1992, 1994
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1991, 2001
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1981
References
{{reflist |refs=
[http://worldmindgames2011.sportresult.com/NH/en/Participant/ParticipantInfo/ccec0c14-fade-49d0-8a30-f0a40a3d3a20 "PALMER Mary"]. Athlete Information. SportAccord World Mind Games. December 2011. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
}}
External links
- {{WBFpeople}}
- [http://worldmindgames2011.sportresult.com/NH/en/Participant/ParticipantInfo/ccec0c14-fade-49d0-8a30-f0a40a3d3a20 PALMER Mary ] athlete information at the 1st SportAccord World Mind Games (2011)
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Category:American contract bridge players