Disa Eythorsdottir

Hjördis "Disa" Eythorsdottir (born 24 July 1965)^[1] is an Iceland-born American bridge player. She is from Reykjavík.^[2]

Eythorsdottir was stripped of a silver medal at the 2002 world championships in Montreal for refusing to take a drug test covering substances banned by the IOC.^[3][4][5]

Eythorsdottir claims she was on a prescription diet drug connected with a back condition. She had asked the authorities if the drug was banned. She did not have a certificate to cover the prescription.^[6]

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

• North American Bridge Championships (9)
  • Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 2010 ^[7]
  • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (3) 1994, 1998, 2000 ^[8]
  • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 2012 ^[9]
  • Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2006 ^[10]
  • Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1994, 2001, 2002 ^[11]

Runners-up

• North American Bridge Championships (13)
  • Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 2009 ^[12]
  • Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1997 ^[7]
  • Grand National Teams (1) 1997 ^[13]
  • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 2010, 2012 ^[8]
  • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 2008, 2010, 2011 ^[9]
  • Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 2000, 2007, 2008 ^[11]
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 2001, 2003 ^[14]