Age, Biography and Wiki
Nicola Smith was born on 28 April, 1949, is an An english contract bridge player. Discover Nicola Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?
Popular As |
N/A |
Occupation |
N/A |
Age |
74 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
Born |
28 April, 1949 |
Birthday |
28 April |
Birthplace |
N/A |
Nationality |
|
We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 28 April.
She is a member of famous player with the age 74 years old group.
Nicola Smith Height, Weight & Measurements
At 74 years old, Nicola Smith height not available right now. We will update Nicola Smith's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
Physical Status |
Height |
Not Available |
Weight |
Not Available |
Body Measurements |
Not Available |
Eye Color |
Not Available |
Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Husband |
Not Available |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Not Available |
Nicola Smith Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Nicola Smith worth at the age of 74 years old? Nicola Smith’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. She is from . We have estimated Nicola Smith's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
Not Available |
Source of Income |
player |
Nicola Smith Social Network
Instagram |
|
Linkedin |
|
Twitter |
|
Facebook |
|
Wikipedia |
|
Imdb |
|
Timeline
Nicola Patricia Smith MBE, née Gardener (born 28 April 1949), is a world champion English bridge player.
She has many successes to her credit in more than 30 years of international competition, initially as Nicola Gardener.
She ran the London School of Bridge, which her father had founded in 1952, for many years.
She still teaches bridge.
She made her representative international debut in the European Championships in Estoril in 1970, partnering Dorothy Shanahan and finishing fourth.
She has won the European Women's Teams on seven occasions (1975, 1979, 1981, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2012), on the first five occasions for Great Britain and on the last two for England.
She has won the premier British domestic competition, the Gold Cup, on four occasions: 1975, 1984, 1991 and 2015.
Only Boris Schapiro had a longer interval between his first and last wins.
She has played twice for England's Open team in the Camrose Trophy, which is competed for by the national teams within the British Isles.
Nicola Gardener was a member of the 1981 Great Britain team that won the world teams championship for women, the Venice Cup; and (now as Nicola Smith) the team that defended its title in 1985, when it was established as a regular odd-years world championship.
In 1981–2 and 1983, she took part in Grand Slam, televised matches arranged by the BBC between teams representing Britain and the United States.
The British team for the second match was Tony Priday, Claude Rodrigue, Nicola Gardener (as she then was) and Pat Davies.
The British team won by 32 international match points over 78 deals in seven sessions.
The match subsequently formed the basis of a book, in which she was described as follows: "...one of the finest women players in the world. Not only is she an excellent technician – truly, the daughter of her father Nico Gardener – but is equally aggressive and imaginative both in bidding and defence."
She won the Generali World Women's Individual event in 1994.
Smith was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1995 New Year Honours for services to bridge.
In 1998, partnering Pat Davies, she was second in the prestigious Macallan Invitational Pairs (previously known as the Sunday Times Invitational Pairs).
She considers this one of her finest achievements.
She has played with the following in long-standing successful partnerships:
She played in eight successive World Team Olympiads, which were held every four years until 2004, winning the silver medal on four occasions.
In 2008, she was part of the English Ladies team that won the Gold at the first World Mind Sport Games (the successor competition to the Olympiad) in Beijing, China.
The English team retained their title in 2012, Smith again partnering Brock.
She was also on the 2nd-place England team in 2013 and in 2017.
In 2014 she and Brock played together as part of the England team in that year's European Women's Championship.
The team finished second, thereby winning the silver medal and qualifying for the finals of the 2015 World Championships.
In that event the England team won the bronze medal.
This was Smith's sixteenth world medal, the most won by any woman.
In 2015 she was one of the first two winners of the English Bridge Union's Diamond Award, introduced to recognise players who have "represented England (and earlier Great Britain) with distinction over a long period".
In 2016 she was a member of the England team that won the European Women's Championship.
This was her eighth win, a record.
She was only sixteen when she played in her first international tournament, at Deauville, winning the teams event in a team which included her father, Nico Gardener, and the young Paul Chemla.
As of October 2017 she ranked first among Women World Grand Masters both by world masterpoints (MP) that decay annually and by placing points (PP) that do not.
In the 2017 Venice Cup she partnered Catherine Draper.
She comes from a notable bridge family, her parents, Pat and Nico Gardener, both having played for Britain.
In 2017 she was among the first nine players to be made members of the European Bridge League's newly established Hall of Fame.
Outside bridge she has worked as a business administrator, but subsequently trained to be a healer.