{{Short description|American bridge player}} '''Juanita Chambers''' (1956–2016)<ref name="Chambers Death" /> was a professional American bridge player<ref>[http://www.bridgeacademyofnorthdallas.com/moreaboutjuanita.html Bridge academy of Dallas biography]</ref> from Schenectady, New York.<ref name=ACBL>{{OEB|5|590}}</ref> She was world champion three times.
Born Juanita Tah in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to an Apache father.<ref name="A long road back to bridge">{{cite news | title = A long road back to bridge | author = | publisher = American Contract Bridge League | url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2015/01/bulletins/db10.pdf | page = 1 | date = March 22, 2015 | accessdate = July 30, 2016}}</ref> She married Neil Chambers in 1983. She also competed as Juanita Skelton.
Chambers died on July 29, 2016, in Dallas at age 60.<ref name="Chambers Death">{{cite news | title = Juanita Chambers 1956-2016 | author = | publisher = American Contract Bridge League | url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2016/02/bulletins/db10.pdf | page = 1 | date = July 31, 2016 | accessdate = August 1, 2016}}</ref>
==Bridge accomplishments== ===Awards=== * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1992
===Wins=== * Venice Cup (1) 1987 <ref name="WBF Winners">[http://www.worldbridge.org/world-team-championships.aspx World Team Championship Winners]</ref> * World Mixed Pairs Championship (1) 1990 * World Olympiad Women's Teams Championship (1) 1996 * North American Bridge Championships (18) ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1990 <ref name="Keohane Swiss Teams Winners">{{cite news |title=Keohane Swiss Teams Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |page=4 |date=December 6, 2013 |accessdate=July 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |archivedate=October 21, 2014 }}</ref> ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (4) 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996 <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=March 29, 2014 |accessdate=July 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |archivedate=October 21, 2014 }}</ref> ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1991, 1993 <ref name="Women's BAM Winners">{{cite web | title = Women's BAM Winners | author = | publisher = ACBL | url = https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Marsha+May+Sternberg+Womens+BAM+Teams | date = July 30, 2016 | accessdate = July 30, 2016 }}</ref> ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (3) 1984, 1989, 1992 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners">{{cite news |title=Mixed BAM Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf |page=14 |date=July 24, 2014 |accessdate=July 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf |archivedate=October 21, 2014 }}</ref> ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1979 <ref name="Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners">{{cite web | title = Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners | author = | publisher = ACBL | url = https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Rockwell+Mixed+Pairs | date = July 30, 2016 | accessdate = July 30, 2016 }}</ref> ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (6) 1985, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001 <ref name="Wagar Previous Winners">{{cite web | title = Wagar Previous Winners | author = | publisher = ACBL | url = https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Wagar+Womens+Knockout+Teams | date = July 30, 2016 | accessdate = July 30, 2016 }}</ref> ** Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1995 <ref name="Whitehead Previous Winners">{{cite web | title = Whitehead Previous Winners | author = | publisher = ACBL | url = https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Whitehead+Womens+Pairs | date = July 30, 2016 | accessdate = July 30, 2016 }}</ref>
===Runners-up=== * North American Bridge Championships (9) ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 2000, 2016 <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=March 29, 2014 |accessdate=July 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |archivedate=October 21, 2014 }}</ref> ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1987 <ref name="Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners">{{cite web | title = Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners | author = | publisher = ACBL | url = https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Rockwell+Mixed+Pairs | date = July 30, 2016 | accessdate = July 30, 2016 }}</ref> ** Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1995 <ref name="Smith Women's Pairs Previous Winners">{{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=November 29, 2013 |accessdate=July 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |archivedate=October 21, 2014 }}</ref> ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (4) 1986, 1990, 1997, 1998 <ref name="Wagar Previous Winners">{{cite web | title = Wagar Previous Winners | author = | publisher = ACBL | url = https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Wagar+Womens+Knockout+Teams | date = July 30, 2016 | accessdate = July 30, 2016 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{WBF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, Juanita}} Category:1956 births Category:2016 deaths Category:American contract bridge players Category:Venice Cup players Category:Sportspeople from Schenectady, New York
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