Triple crown of bridge

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As of 2006, only ten players have collected The Triple Crown of Contract Bridge, that is won all of the three most important tournaments in bridge, the Bermuda Bowl, the World Team Olympiad and the World Open Pairs Championship. The ten winners are:

Name	Bermuda Bowl	Olympiad	World Pairs
Pierre Jaïs	1956	1960	1962
Roger Trezel	1956	1960	1962
Bob Hamman	1970	1988	1974
Bobby Wolff	1970	1988	1974
Jeff Meckstroth	1981	1988	1986
Eric Rodwell	1981	1988	1986
Marcelo Branco	1989	1976	1978
Gabriel Chagas	1989	1976	1990
Fulvio Fantoni	2005	2004	2002
Claudio Nunes	2005	2004	2002

The year in bold is the year in which each player won the concluding of his three titles.

As the World Team Olympiad and the World Open Pairs Championship alternate in subsequent even-numbered years, whilst the Bermuda Bowl is held in the odd-numbered years, in theory it is possible to win the three triple crown events in a timespan of no more than three years. So far, no bridge player has accomplished this feat. Closest came Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes who won the three events in a timespan of four years. As defending champions they ended third in the 2006 World Open Pairs Championship, the closest any partnership ever got in defending their title in this event. A win would have secured them a 'three-year' triple crown.