Sabine Auken

{{Short description|German bridge player}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Sabine Auken | honorific_suffix = | image = S Auken Germany (14304218510).jpg | caption = Auken in June 2014 | nationality = German | national_team = | citizenship = German | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|1|4}} | birth_place = Bamberg, Bavaria | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = | weight = | spouse = Jens Auken | life_partner = | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = | other_interests = | website = | module = | country = Germany | sport = Bridge | position = | shoots = | catches = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = 1. German Bridge-Bundesliga | league_type = National league | club = BC München | team = BC München | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = Ron Andersen (former) | nationals = Winner of the Team-Bundesliga (2017) | highestranking = 24th Women World Grand Master (by WMP), 4th (by placing points) | pb = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Sabine Auken''' ({{née}} '''Zenkel''', born 4 January 1965) is a German bridge player. She has also played as '''Sabine Zenkel'''. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 24th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 4th 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/20160304041249/http://www.worldbridge.org/womenwmasters.aspx |date=2016-03-04 }}. WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-08.</ref>

She was born in Bamberg, Bavaria. As of 2007 she resides in Charlottenlund, Denmark. She and Jens Auken, a Danish bridge player, have two children, Jens Christian (b. 1995) and Maximilian (b. 1999).<ref name=WBF/> Maximillian has had success playing basketball, making the U14, U15 and U16 Danish national teams.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

At national level she plays for BC München in the 1. German Bridge-Bundesliga.<ref>[http://www.bridgeclub-muenchen.de/ BC München]</ref> She, along with Roy Welland and the BC München won the 2017 Team-Bundesliga.<ref>[http://www.bridge-verband.de/web/news/3758 Winner Team-Bundesliga 2017]</ref>

Zenkel and the American professional player Ron Andersen traveled the world as a partnership during 1991–1992, based in Chicago.<ref name=truscott1992/> They also wrote a book, ''Preempts from A to Z'' (1993; 2nd, 1996).

== Books ==

* ''Preempts from A to Z'', Ron Andersen and Sabine Zenkel (Stamford, CT: Magnus Books, 1993), 290 pp., {{LCCN|98079256}} * ''I Love This Game'', Auken and Mark Horton, editor (Master Point Press, 2006), 207 pp., {{OCLC|62346636}}

==Bridge accomplishments==

===Awards=== * EBL Bronze Medal (1) 2010 * EBL Hall of Fame (1) 2018

===Wins===

* Venice Cup (2) 1995, 2001 <ref name="World Team Championship Winners">[http://www.worldbridge.org/world-team-championships.aspx World Team Championship Winners]</ref> * IOC Grand Prix Women Teams (1) 1999 * World Bridge Series (1) ** Mixed Teams (1) 2014 * World Bridge Games (1) ** Open Pairs (1) 2016 * World Transnational Mixed Team Championships (1) 2004 * Buffett Cup (1) 2008 * European Team Championships (3) ** Women Teams (1) 1989 ** Women Pairs (3) 1995, 1997, 2001 * European Mixed Championships (3) ** Mixed Teams (1) 2000 ** Mixed Pairs (1) 1996 **Mixed Pairs (1) 1994 * European Open Bridge Championships (1) ** Open Pairs (1) 2013 * North American Bridge Championships (14) ** Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (2) 1989, 1993 <ref name="American Contract Bridge League">{{cite news |title = Smith Women's Pairs Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |page = 7 |date = 2013-11-29 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref> ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2014 <ref>{{cite news |title = Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |page = 9 |date = 2014-03-29 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref> ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1990, 2011 <ref>{{cite news |title = Machlin Swiss Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |page = 10 |date = 2014-03-29 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref> ** Vanderbilt (1) 2013 <ref>{{cite news |title = Vanderbilt Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf |page = 6 |date = 2014-03-24 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref> ** Spingold (1) 2016 ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 2005, 2007, 2011 <ref>{{cite news |title = Wagar Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf |page = 10 |date = 2014-07-21 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref> ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 2005, 2009, 2010 <ref name="Women's BAM Winners">{{cite news |title = Women's BAM Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |page = 4 |date = 2013-12-01 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref> ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2009 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners">{{cite news |title = Mixed BAM Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf |page = 14 |date = 2014-07-24 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref>

==== Other notable wins ==== *Lisbon Masters Invitational 2019

*Moscow Invitational Slava Cup 2010, 2016

*South American Bridge Championships 2016

*German Open Team Championships 2011, 2019

*German Bundesliga Pair Championships 2018

*German Bundesliga Team Championships 2017

*1st Women Pairs Common Market Championships 1985 Bordeaux

===Runners-up===

* Venice Cup (3) 1993, 2005, 2007 <ref name="World Team Championship Winners"/> * World Mixed Pairs (1) 1994 * Open World Women Team Championships 1998 *World Women Pairs (2) 1998, 2016 *Buffett Cup (2) 2006, 2010 * European Women Team Championships (3) 1991, 1995, 2002 * European Mixed Team Championships (1) 1996 *[http://db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/17montecatini/microsite/results.htm European Mixed Pairs Championships 2017] *[http://db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/20Monaco/microSite/results.htm European Winter Games Board-a-Match 2020] * North American Bridge Championships ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1993 <ref>{{cite news |title = Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf |page = 8 |date = 2014-03-25 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163529/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref> ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2005 <ref>{{cite news |title = Blue Ribbon Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf |page = 7 |date = 2013-12-03 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021164044/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref> ** Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1992 <ref name="American Contract Bridge League"/> ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2002 <ref name="Women's BAM Winners"/> ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1994 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners"/> ** Reisinger (1) 2012 <ref>{{cite news |title = Reisinger Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |page = 6 |date = 2013-12-06 |access-date = 2014-10-18 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 |df = }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist |25em |refs= <ref name=WBF> [http://www.worldbridge.org/auken.aspx "Sabine Auken"]. ''Biographies''. WBF. [2007]. Retrieved 2014-11-08.</ref>

<ref name=truscott1992> "Bridge: How a small deception earned a Chicago partnership an extra trick and a major victory". Alan Truscott. ''The New York Times''. January 18, 1992. Page 17.</ref> }}

== External links == * {{WBF}} * {{EBL|967}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140623122117/http://www.worldbridge.org/women-stars.aspx Women Stars] at the World Bridge Federation – with biography * {{LCAuth|n94039791|Sabine Zenkel|1|ue}} * [http://lccn.loc.gov/nb2007015054 Sabine Auken] at LC Authorities (no records yet; see WorldCat)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Auken, Sabine}} Category:1965 births Category:German contract bridge players Category:Contract bridge writers Category:Venice Cup players Category:Sportspeople from Bamberg Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Category:Living people