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Here the table is reproduced with extra columns, perhaps extra players to follow. All of the "Triple Crown" winners are men. Let me begin by covering Mixed Pairs and Mixed Teams, one event each. --P64 (talk) 17:33, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Name Bermuda Bowl Olympiad Open Pairs Mixed Pairs Mixed Teams
France Pierre Jaïs 1956 1960 1962
France Roger Trézel 1956 1960 1962
United States Bob Hamman 1970 1988 1974 1986 1994
United States Bobby Wolff 1970 1988 1974 1972
United States Jeff Meckstroth 1981 1988 1986 2002
United States Eric Rodwell 1981 1988 1986
Brazil Marcelo Branco 1989 1976 1978
Brazil Gabriel Chagas 1989 1976 1990
Italy Fulvio Fantoni 2005 2004 2002 2010
Italy Claudio Nunes 2005 2004 2002

Women

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Women don't win open world championships, so this table covers the parallel events restricted to women.

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Name Venice Cup Olympiad Women Pairs Mixed Pairs Mixed Teams
United Kingdom Fritzi Gordon 1976 1964 1962 1962
United Kingdom Rixi Markus /Scharfstein 1976 [1937] 1964 1962 1970 1962
United Kingdom Jane Juan 1964 1966
England Sally Brock /Horton/Sowter 1981 2008
England Nicola Smith /Gardener 1981 2008
England Heather Dhondy 2008 1996
Germany Sabine Auken 1995 1998 2004

Speaking of the Triple Crown

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How much attention does this so-called Triple Crown get? Not much, perhaps because pairs play has been so far eclipsed since WBF inaugurated its "World Pairs Olympiad" in 1962.

Here is one natural use, however, in the blurb for Gabriel Chagas at eBooksBridge from Master Point Press. (promotional material, but the only book now listed for sale with credit to Chagas is World Class by Marc Smith with foreword by Chagas!)

"Gabriel Chagas, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is by far South America's all-time most successful player. He is a three-time World Champion, and has won bridge's Triple Crown ..."

--P64 (talk) 20:45, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]