JoAnn Sprung explained

JoAnn Sprung (died 2022) was an American bridge player. She won a World Championship in 2010. She lost in the final of the McConnell Cup in 1994 and reached the semi-final stage of the same event at the 1998 World Championship in Lille, France.^[1]

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

• World Mixed Teams Championship (1) 2010 ^[2]
• North American Bridge Championships (6)
  • Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1980 ^[3]
  • Rockwell Mixed Pairs (2) 1990, 1991
  • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1994, 2004
  • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 2004

Runners-up

• McConnell Cup (1) 1994
• North American Bridge Championships (8)
  • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1982, 2005
  • Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1994
  • Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1996, 2004, 2007
  • Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 2003
  • NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams (1) 2019

Personal life

JoAnn was married twice. First to Ed Manfield from 1980 to 1985 and then to Danny Sprung.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1998 World Bridge Championship Louis Vuitton McConnell Cup . World Bridge Federation . World Bridge Federation . 2022-05-10 .
2. Web site: World Transnational Mixed Teams.
3. Web site: NABC Winners - by Name . ACBL . ACBL . 2022-05-01 .