Rita Shugart

Rita Shugart (née Kennedy) is an American bridge player.

Shugart won her first North American Bridge Championship in 1998.^[1]

She won the Reisinger, arguably the most difficult of all the North American Bridge Championships to win, in consecutive years, 1998, 1999, playing four handed.^[2] Shugart is the only female to win the event in over 60 years.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

• North American Bridge Championships (3)
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1999 ^[3]
  • Reisinger (2) 1998, 1999 ^[4]

Runners-up

• North American Bridge Championships
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1998 ^[5]