World Youth Bridge Teams Championships - USA Results

Congrats to all the USA teams who recently completed the World Youth Bridge Teams Championships in Salsomagiorre Terme, Italy!

At the Closing Ceremony, we finished with 3 silver medals, 1 bronze medal, and a Joan Gerard Sportsmanship Award!

Overall, this year's junior bridge accomplishments included: 

  • Strongest overall performance by all teams - every team showed they were competitive in the field in either the teams event or the BAM. We had 6/10 teams in the QF, 4/6 onto Semi-finals, and 3/4 onto the Finals.
  • Most KO medals - 3 silver and 1 bronze (last time was 2 silver and 1 bronze)
  • First U26 KO medal since 2006 (when our NPC Joe Grue won the Gold)
  • Most USA teams ever sent - 2 in all categories

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U26 USA2 Team wins Silver: Jacob Freeman, Corenlius Duffie, Richard Jeng, Rory Xiao, Brent Xiao, Christian Jolly (NPC), Olivia Schireson

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U21 USA2 Team wins Silver: Xin Ge (Coach), Eric Xiao, Brandon Ge, Charlie Chen, Brian Platnick (NPC), Arthur Gong, Brian Zhang, Kayden Ge

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U21 USA1 Team wins Bronze: Jack Boge, Ethan Derman, Michael Haas, Daniel Balof, Avery Silverstein, Michael Haas, Aaron Silverstein (NPC)

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U16 USA1 Team wins Silver: Andrew Chen, Zinnia Meyer, Alex Shih, Steve Chen (NPC), Adam Hemmer, Alex Kolesnik (NPC), Kyo Chen, Jeff Xiao

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Jessica Udomsrirungruang of the USA1 U31 team wins the Joan Gerard Sportsmanship Award. 

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