Sami Kehela

Sami R. Kehela (born 1934), sometimes spelled Sammy Kehela, is a Canadian contract bridge player. A member of the Halls of Fame of both the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) as one of three pairs comprising the North America teams. Unique among world players, they represented their country as a partnership in all of the first six quadrennial World Team Olympiads, from Turin in 1960 to Valkenburg in 1980. Together they won the Life Master Men's Pairs, the Life Master Pairs, the Vanderbilt, and the Spingold Trophy three times. It was said that the key to their successful partnership was that each thought the other the better player.

Kehela lives with his wife in Toronto (2007). Canadian Bridge Federation Hall of Fame, 2010

Wins

North American Bridge Championships (9) von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1969 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1963 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1967 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1963 Vanderbilt (2) 1966, 1970 Spingold (3) 1964, 1965, 1968

Runners-up

North American Bridge Championships Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1969 Spingold (1) 1963