Background
She was born in Bamberg, Bavaria.
She was born in Bamberg, Bavaria.
She has also played as Sabine Zenkel. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 24th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (Member of Parliament) and 4th by placing points that do not decay over time. As of 2007 she resides in Charlottenlund, Denmark.
She and Jens Auken, a Danish bridge player, have two children, Jens Christian (b 1995) and Maximilian (b 1999).
Maximillian has had success playing basketball, making the U14, U15 and U16 Danish national teams. They also wrote a book, Preempts from A to Z (1993.
2nd, 1996). Wins Runners-up Venice Cup (3) 1993, 2005, 2007 World Mixed Pairs (1) 1994 Buffett Cup (2) 2006, 2010 North American Bridge Championships Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1993 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2005 Smith Life Master Women"s Pairs (1) 1992 Sternberg Women"s Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2002 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1994 Reisinger (1) 2012.
Venice Cup (2) 1995, 2001 Buffett Cup (1) 2008 North American Bridge Championships (13) Smith Life Master Women"s Pairs (2) 1989, 1993 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2014 Machlin Women"s Swiss Teams (2) 1990, 2011 Vanderbilt (1) 2013 Wagar Women"s Knockout Teams (3) 2005, 2007, 2011 Sternberg Women"s Board-a-Match Teams (3) 2005, 2009, 2010 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2009.