Katherine Wei-Sender

Katherine Wei-Sender
杨小燕
Born (1930-10-04) 4 October 1930
Peking, Republic of China
Alma mater Columbia University
Occupation Bridge player
Spouse(s)
  • Shen Chang-rui (1949–1967)
  • C. C. Wei (1967–1987)
  • Henry Sender (1992–)

Katherine Wei-Sender (born 4 October 1930), born Yang Xiaoyan (Chinese: 杨小燕), is a Chinese American contract bridge player. She won major tournaments primarily as Kathie Wei.

Biography

Born in Beijing in 1930, she went to the United States in 1949. She was a graduate of the Shanghai University School of Nursing,[1] and worked as a medical facility administrator until 1972.

After retirement, she became interested in bridge. She won the world Women's Pairs in 1978, the Women's Olympiad Teams in 1984 and the Venice Cup in 1987. In 1987 Wei-Sender was elected an ACBL Honorary Member, and the Ambassador of Bridge for the World Bridge Federation.[2][3]

She is from Nashville, Tennessee and New York City.[1]

Wei-Sender was inducted by the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1999.[4]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Fifth Edition (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 766. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
  2. Wei-Sender, Katherine. ACBL.
  3. Katherine Wei-Sender. World Bridge Federation.
  4. "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-11.

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