Lorenzo Lauria

Lorenzo Lauria (born July 17, 1947 ) is an Italian international bridge player. He is a six-time world champion and a World Grand Master of the World Bridge Federation (WBF). As of July 2014 he ranks fifth among Open World Grand Masters and his regular partner Alfredo Versace ranks fourth.

Major bridge tournament wins

 * Bermuda Bowl 2005, 2013
 * European Team Championships:1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010
 * World Open Teams: 1998, 2002
 * Grand Prix Open Teams : 1999
 * World Team Olympiad: 2000, 2004
 * European Champions' Cup for Open Teams: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
 * World Mind Sports Games: Open Teams 2008 &mdash; successor to the quadrennial Olympiad
 * North American Bridge Championships (12)
 * Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2001
 * Vanderbilt (2) 1999, 2004
 * Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 2002, 2003, 2011
 * Reisinger (4) 2000, 2007, 2010, 2011
 * Spingold (3) 2001, 2002, 2015

Runners-up

 * North American Bridge Championships
 * Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2001
 * Reisinger (3) 1998, 2001, 2005
 * Spingold (1) 2006