Education
Katz is from Burr Ridge, Illinois and graduated from University of Steubenville.
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Ralph Katz
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He has three times been the runner-up in world championships (the 2010 Rosenblum Cup, the 2007 Bermuda Bowl and the 1990 World Open Pairs Championship) and also has a bronze medal from the 2000 World Bridge Teams Olympiad. Katz is a Grand Life Master of the American Contract Bridge League with over 20,000 masterpoints and a World Grand Master of the World Bridge Federation. Katz, who was born in Pittsburgh, lived in Squirrel Hill (a large residential neighborhood in the east end of Pittsburgh) and was raised in Steubenville, first started to play bridge when he was 16.
A sports enthusiast, the competitive side of bridge drew Katz to the game.
Wins Runners-up Rosenblum Cup (1) 2010 Bermuda Bowl (1) 2007 World Open Pairs (1) 1990 North American Bridge Championships (16) Reisinger (5) 1987, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2005 Grand National Teams (1) 1986 Open Board-a-Match Teams (2) 2001, 2012 North American Swiss Teams (1) 1979 Open Swiss Teams (1) 2008 Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1997 Life Master Pairs (3) 1989, 2001, 2003 Interface Message Processor Pairs (1) 2006 Vanderbilt (1) 2012 United States Bridge Championships (2) Open Team Trials (2) 1989, 1999.
Achievements
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ACBL Player of the Year 2001 Fishbein Trophy 1981, 2001 Bermuda Bowl (1) 2009 North American Bridge Championships (20) Vanderbilt (4) 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 Spingold (3) 1981, 2001, 2002 Reisinger (2) 2000, 2009 Open Board-a-Match Teams (3) 2002, 2003, 2006 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2001 North American Men"s Swiss Teams (1) 1984 Master Mixed Teams (1) 1981 Life Master Pairs (1) 1979 Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2008 Open Pairs (1) 1986 Open Pairs I (2) 1996, 2003 Interface Message Processor Pairs (1) 1999 United States Bridge Championships (3) Open Team Trials (4) 2000, 2006, 2012, 2014.
