World Mixed Teams Championship
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The World Mixed Teams Championship was initiated in 1962 as part of the World Pair Olympiad. It was contested only three times before being abandoned in 1974. It was revived in 1996 as World Transnational Mixed Team Championship. It is held in conjunction with the World Team Olympiad every leap year, starting after the latter's qualifying stage has been concluded. Teams that failed to qualify in the main event as well as new teams may enter. Each team must comprise at least two men and two women. The maximum number of team members is six. During play each pairs must consist of one women and one men. It is not necessary that all team members be from the same country - hence the transnational. A series of Swiss matches leads to the qualification of the top four teams for knockout semifinals and finals.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Team | Members |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Great Britain |
Nico Gardener, Fritzi Gordon, Rixi Markus, Boris Schapiro |
| 1972 |  USA |
Nancy Alpaugh, Bobby Goldman, Jim Jacoby, Heiti Noland, Betsey Wolff (Lazard), Bobby Wolff |
| 1974 | USA I |
Bob Lipsitz, Peggy Lipsitz, Jo Morse, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson |
| 1996 |  Heather |
Jon Baldursson, Heather Dhondy, Bjorn Eysteinsson, Adalsteinn Jorgensen, Liz McGowan |
| 2000 |   e-Bridge |
Piotr Gawryś, Sam Lev, Irina Levitina, Jill Meyers, John Mohan, Migry Zur Campanile |
| 2004 |   Auken |
Sabine Auken, Paul Chemla, Zia Mahmood, Catherine d'Ovidio |
