Rita Shugart (née Kennedy) is an American bridge player.
Shugart won her first North American Bridge Championship in 1998.New York Times - 70s dropout wins a title at nationals She won the Reisinger, arguably the most difficult of all the North American Bridge Championships to win, in consecutive years, 1998, 1999, playing four handed.Henry Bethe - final day of the Reisinger Board-a-Match is the hardest day of bridge that exists Shugart is the only female to win the event in over 60 years.
Rita Shugart was the second wife of American engineer and business executive Alan Shugart.
Bridge accomplishments
Wins
North American Bridge Championships (3) Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1999 Reisinger (2) 1998, 1999
Runners-up
North American Bridge Championships Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1998
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