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Sabine Auken

{{Short description|German bridge player}}

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| name = Sabine Auken

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| caption = Auken in June 2014

| nationality = German

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| citizenship = German

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|1|4}}

| birth_place = Bamberg, Bavaria

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| league = 1. German Bridge-Bundesliga

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| club = BC München

| team = BC München

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| partner = Ron Andersen (former)

| nationals = Winner of the Team-Bundesliga (2017)

| highestranking = 24th Women World Grand Master (by WMP), 4th (by placing points)

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Sabine Auken ({{née}} Zenkel, born 4 January 1965) is a German bridge player. She has also played as Sabine Zenkel. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 24th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 4th by placing points that do not decay over time.[http://www.worldbridge.org/womenwmasters.aspx "Women World Grand Masters"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041249/http://www.worldbridge.org/womenwmasters.aspx |date=2016-03-04 }}. WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-08.

She was born in Bamberg, Bavaria. As of 2007 she resides in Charlottenlund, Denmark. She and Jens Auken, a Danish bridge player, have two children, Jens Christian (b. 1995) and Maximilian (b. 1999). Maximillian has had success playing basketball, making the U14, U15 and U16 Danish national teams.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

At national level she plays for BC München in the 1. German Bridge-Bundesliga.[http://www.bridgeclub-muenchen.de/ BC München] She, along with Roy Welland and the BC München won the 2017 Team-Bundesliga.[http://www.bridge-verband.de/web/news/3758 Winner Team-Bundesliga 2017]

Zenkel and the American professional player Ron Andersen traveled the world as a partnership during 1991–1992, based in Chicago. They also wrote a book, Preempts from A to Z (1993; 2nd, 1996).

== Books ==

  • Preempts from A to Z, Ron Andersen and Sabine Zenkel (Stamford, CT: Magnus Books, 1993), 290 pp., {{LCCN|98079256}}
  • I Love This Game, Auken and Mark Horton, editor (Master Point Press, 2006), 207 pp., {{OCLC|62346636}}

Bridge accomplishments

=Awards=

=Wins=

|title = Smith Women's Pairs Previous Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf

|page = 7

|date = 2013-11-29

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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|title = Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf

|page = 9

|date = 2014-03-29

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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|title = Machlin Swiss Previous Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf

|page = 10

|date = 2014-03-29

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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|title = Vanderbilt Previous Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf

|page = 6

|date = 2014-03-24

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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|title = Wagar Previous Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf

|page = 10

|date = 2014-07-21

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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|title = Women's BAM Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf

|page = 4

|date = 2013-12-01

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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|title = Mixed BAM Previous Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf

|page = 14

|date = 2014-07-24

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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== Other notable wins ==

  • Lisbon Masters Invitational 2019
  • Moscow Invitational Slava Cup 2010, 2016
  • South American Bridge Championships 2016
  • German Open Team Championships 2011, 2019
  • German Bundesliga Pair Championships 2018
  • German Bundesliga Team Championships 2017
  • 1st Women Pairs Common Market Championships 1985 Bordeaux

=Runners-up=

|title = Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf

|page = 8

|date = 2014-03-25

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163529/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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|title = Blue Ribbon Winners

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|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf

|page = 7

|date = 2013-12-03

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021164044/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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|title = Reisinger Winners

|author =

|publisher = American Contract Bridge League

|url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf

|page = 6

|date = 2013-12-06

|access-date = 2014-10-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf

|archive-date = 2014-10-21

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References

{{Reflist |25em |refs=

[http://www.worldbridge.org/auken.aspx "Sabine Auken"]. Biographies. WBF. [2007]. Retrieved 2014-11-08.

"Bridge: How a small deception earned a Chicago partnership an extra trick and a major victory". Alan Truscott. The New York Times. January 18, 1992. Page 17.

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External links

  • {{WBF}}
  • {{EBL|967}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140623122117/http://www.worldbridge.org/women-stars.aspx Women Stars] at the World Bridge Federation – with biography
  • {{LCAuth|n94039791|Sabine Zenkel|1|ue}}
  • [http://lccn.loc.gov/nb2007015054 Sabine Auken] at LC Authorities (no records yet; see WorldCat)

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Category:1965 births

Category:German contract bridge players

Category:Contract bridge writers

Category:Venice Cup players

Category:Sportspeople from Bamberg

Category:German expatriates in Denmark

Category:Living people