{{short description|American bridge player}} thumb '''Steve Garner''' is a professional American bridge player. Garner has two senior world championships and has won 13 North American Bridge Championships. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Steve has lived in Chicago, Illinois since 1985.

==Bridge accomplishments==

===Awards=== The American Contract Bridge League Hall of Fame 2024 * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1997 * Goren Trophy (1) 2010 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 2019

===Wins=== The Rand Cup Senior World Championships (1) 2018

The d'Orsi Senior World Championships (1) 2025 * North American Bridge Championships (13) ** Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1997 <ref>{{cite news |title = von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |page = 6 |date = 2014-06-18 |access-date = 2014-10-17 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163438/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 2000, 2006 <ref>{{cite news |title = Life Master Open Pairs Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |page = 4 |date = 2013-11-29 |access-date = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Grand National Teams (2) 1991, 1995 <ref>{{cite news |title = GNT Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |page = 8 |date = 2009-07-24 |access-date = 2014-10-17 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163644/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1996 <ref>{{cite news |title = Keohane Swiss Teams Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |page = 4 |date = 2013-12-06 |access-date = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2012 <ref>{{cite news |title = Mitchell BAM Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |page = 8 |date = 2013-12-01 |access-date = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2015 ** Reisinger (2) 1997, 2001 <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 = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Vanderbilt (2) 2019, 2023 <ref>{{cite news |title = Vanderbilt Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2019/01/bulletins/db11.pdf |page = 1 |date = 2019-01-04 |access-date = 2019-01-04 }}</ref> ** Spingold (1) 2025

===Runners-up===

* Bermuda Bowl (1) 2007 * Buffett Cup (1) 2008 * North American Bridge Championships (11) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1985 <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 = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Grand National Teams (1) 1988 <ref>{{cite news |title = GNT Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |page = 8 |date = 2009-07-24 |access-date = 2014-10-17 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163644/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |archive-date = 2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 2002, 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 = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1978, 1987, 2002 <ref>{{cite news |title = Mitchell BAM Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |page = 8 |date = 2013-12-01 |access-date = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Reisinger (2) 2008, 2010 <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 = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Spingold (1) 2008 <ref>{{cite news |title = Spingold Previous Winners |author = |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf |page = 12 |date = 2014-07-21 |access-date = 2014-10-17 |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 }}</ref> ** Von Zedtwitz Life Masters Pairs (1) 2016 ** Vanderbilt (1) 2025

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==External links== * {{WBF}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garner, Steve}} Category:American contract bridge players Category:Bermuda Bowl players Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

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