{"id":5929,"date":"2019-03-11T18:50:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/?page_id=5929"},"modified":"2019-03-11T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:51:00","slug":"austria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/people\/distinctions\/stars-of-the-past\/austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maria Erhart
\n(1944 – 2011)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Undoubtably, Maria Erhart was not only \u201cLa Grande Dame\u201cof Austrian Bridge, but also of the international Bridge scene. Starting in 1969, when she came across Bridge for the first time in a traditional \u201cKaffeehaus\u201d in Vienna, she demonstrated real Bridge flair and her quick perception, her combination of fast thinking and her psychological approach made her one of the best Bridge players in Europe within a very short time, and worldwide soon afterwards.\"\"
\n\u201cThe best man of the Austrian Open Team is a woman\u201d \u2013 was Benito Garozzo’s comment when Maria was awarded a brilliancy price for the best play of a hand. Her unbelievable table presence, her superb playing technique and her feeling for bidding made her a successful Bridge player, winning not only all the Austrian Bridge tournaments but many international tournaments. Maria won almost all Ladies titles worldwide; the Venice Cup is the only tournament she did not win (just Silver!). Her technical performance and her behaviour towards opponents will make Maria Erhart unforgettable.
\n1973 \u2013 European Women\u2019s Teams \u2013 3rd
\n1991 \u2013 European Champion Women\u2019s Teams, Venice Cup \u2013 2nd
\n1992 \u2013 Women\u2019s Team Champion Olympiad,
\nWinner World Women\u2019s Individual Championship
\n1995 \u2013 European Mixed Pairs championship \u2013 2nd
\n1996 \u2013 European Champion Mixed Pairs, European Champion Teams
\n1998 \u2013 World Champion Woman Teams
\n1999 \u2013 European Women\u2019s Teams \u2013 2nd
\n2002 \u2013 European Champion Mixed Teams
\n2003 \u2013 European Open Champion \u2013 Women\u2019s Pairs<\/p>\n

Karl Rohan
\n(1934 – 2008)<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"Sir Karl Rohan was not only a successful Bridge player; he was one of the first Non Playing captains to study all the opponents\u2018 convention cards to prepare his team for all their matches. Ultimately, this led to a European Championship and second place in the World Team Championship.<\/p>\n

His biggest successes:
\n1985 \u2013 European Team Champion, 2nd Place World Team Championship
\n1994 \u2013 World Champion Seniors Team, Transnational Senior World Team Series, Nissan Rand Cup
\n1998 – World Champion Seniors Team, Transnational Senior World Team Series, Nissan Rand Cup
\n1,2,3- Rankings in almost all international (St. Moritz, Deauville, etc.) and national tournaments (Wachau, Gmunden, Open Pairs, Open Teams, Salzburg)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maria Erhart (1944 – 2011) Undoubtably, Maria Erhart was not only \u201cLa Grande Dame\u201cof Austrian Bridge, but also of the international Bridge scene. Starting in 1969, when she came across Bridge for the first time in a traditional \u201cKaffeehaus\u201d in Vienna, she demonstrated real Bridge flair and her quick perception, her combination of fast thinking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":4839,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5929","page","type-page","status-publish"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5929"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5933,"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5929\/revisions\/5933"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eurobridge.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}