In world championship {{gcb|team|teams-of-four}} competition, Fallenius represented Sweden and won bronze medals in the 1987 and 1991 Bermuda Bowls and the 1988 World Team Olympiad. He also won bronze medals in the 1986 and 1998 Rosenblum Cups (on all-Swedish teams, although that quadrennial event is not nationally representative).{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}
In {{gcb|pair}}s competition, Fallenius and Peter Fredin won the European Bridge League Open Pairs in 2009 and finished second in the 2010 World Open Pairs (silver medal). Fredin and Kathy Fallenius have played together in the World Mixed Pairs.
Bridge accomplishments
Awards
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (11)
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2006 [1]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1998 [2]
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2009 [3]
- Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2007 [4]
- Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1996 [5]
- Vanderbilt (1) 2007 [6]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2005 [7]
- Reisinger (2) 1991, 2001 [8]
- Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2006 [9]
- Spingold (1) 2003 [10]
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships
- Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2002 [5]
- Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2011 [9]
- Vanderbilt (2) 1993, 2006 [6]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 2002, 2004 [7]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1992 [11]
- Reisinger (1) 2003 [8]
References
1. ^{{cite news |title=von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |page=6 |date=2014-06-18 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163438/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite news |title=Wernher Open Pairs Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf |page=4 |date=2014-07-22 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021050535/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite news |title=Blue Ribbon Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf |page=5 |date=2013-12-03 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021164044/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Life Master Open Pairs Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |page=4 |date=2013-11-29 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
5. ^1 {{cite news |title=Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |page=9 |date=2014-03-29 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
6. ^1 {{cite news |title=Vanderbilt Previous Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf |page=6 |date=2014-03-24 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
7. ^1 {{cite news |title=Mitchell BAM Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |page=8 |date=2013-12-01 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
8. ^1 {{cite news |title=Reisinger Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |page=6 |date=2013-12-06 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
9. ^1 {{cite news |title=Roth Open Swiss Previous Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db9.pdf |page=10 |date=2014-07-26 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163446/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db9.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite news |title=Spingold Previous Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf |page=12 |date=2014-07-21 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
11. ^{{cite news |title=Mixed BAM Previous Winners |author= |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf |page=14 |date=2014-07-24 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 |df= }}
External links
- {{WBFpeople|3769}}
- {{WBFpeople|12732|Kathy Fallenius}}
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