{{short description|American bridge player}} '''Jillian Shane "Jill" Levin''' (born October 13, 1961) is an American bridge player from New York City.<ref name=OEB>{{OEB|5|578}}</ref> She has won major tournaments as '''Jillian Blanchard''' as well as Jill Levin. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 6th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 10th by placing points that do not decay over time.<ref name=WWGM>[http://www.worldbridge.org/womenwmasters.aspx "Women World Grand Masters"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010053636/http://www.worldbridge.org/womenwmasters.aspx |date=2014-10-10 }}. WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-10.</ref>

Levin has won 3 world championships and 12 North American Bridge Championships NABC-rated events.

Levin is an attorney and has graduated from the University of Michigan and Columbia University.<ref name=OEB/> She is married to Bobby Levin, is the former wife of Bob Blanchard and the daughter of Gail Greenberg and Steve Shane, all of them successful bridge players.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/13/arts/bridge-which-extended-family-has-the-most-masterpoints.html "BRIDGE; Which Extended Family Has the Most Masterpoints?"] Retrieved 24 December 2014</ref>

==Bridge accomplishments==

===Wins===

* Venice Cup (3) 2003, 2007, 2013 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldbridge.org/world-team-championships.aspx |title=World Team Championship Winners |access-date=2014-10-19 |archive-date=2016-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225064936/http://www.worldbridge.org/world-team-championships.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Buffett Cup (3) 2006, 2010, 2012 * North American Bridge Championships (12) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1994 <ref>{{cite news |title=Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf |page=8 |date=2014-03-25 |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163529/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 2005 <ref>{{cite news |title=Smith Women's Pairs Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |page=7 |date=2013-11-29 |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (4) 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011 <ref name="Machlin Swiss Previous Winners">{{cite news |title=Machlin Swiss Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |page=10 |date=2014-03-29 |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (4) 1995, 2000, 2001, 2012 <ref name="Wagar Previous Winners">{{cite news |title=Wagar Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf |page=10 |date=2014-07-21 |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 2004, 2011 <ref name="Women's BAM Winners">{{cite news |title=Women's BAM Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |page=4 |date=2013-12-01 |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref>

===Runners-up===

* World Mixed Pairs Championship (1) 2006 * North American Bridge Championships ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2011 <ref>{{cite news |title=Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf |page=11 |date=2014-07-27 |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163800/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 2000 <ref name="Machlin Swiss Previous Winners"/> ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (5) 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2007 <ref name="Wagar Previous Winners"/> ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 2006, 2009, 2010 <ref name="Women's BAM Winners"/> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2013 <ref>{{cite news |title=Mitchell BAM Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |page=8 |date=2013-12-01 |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Reisinger (1) 1989 <ref>{{cite news |title=Reisinger Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |page=6 |date=2013-12-06 |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref>

==References== {{reflist |25em }}

==External links== * {{WBFpeople}}

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