{{short description|Dutch bridge professional (born 1961)}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2011}} thumb|Berry Westra '''Berry Westra''' (born February 28, 1961) is a Dutch bridge professional. At age 18 he made his debut with former bridge world champion Hans Kreijns in the ''meesterklasse'' (the highest competitive level in the Dutch bridge league). In 1986 Westra became European champion youth bridge. The world championship in the same category followed a year later. As member of the Dutch national team, he ended third at the World Team Olympiad in 1992 as well as in the European Teams Championship of 1995. In 1993 he won the Bermuda Bowl, the World Championship Open Teams. In 2007 Westra won a bronze medal at the European Team Championships in Antalya.

Apart from playing bridge at national and international levels, Westra also wrote many bridge books.

Westra was born in Amstelveen, North Holland, and he lives in Krimpen aan den IJssel.{{when|date=June 2014}} <!-- ==References== {{Reflist}} -->

==External links== * {{WBF}} * {{EBL|789}} * {{cite news|last=Alder|first=Phillip|title=That's smoothness of performance|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bM0qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2596,678499&dq=berry-westra&hl=en|accessdate=30 January 2011|newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News|date=8 October 1996|page=4B}} – bridge column featuring a deal played by Westra * [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3Awestra%2C+berry&qt=owc_search Worldcat search: 'westra, berry'] <!--2014-06-09 not found at LCCN, no WorldCat top page?-->

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