Rita Shugart

Rita Shugart (nee Kennedy) is an American bridge player.

Shugart won her first national title in 1998.

She won the Reisinger, arguably the most difficult of all the North American Bridge Championships to win, in consecutive years, 1998, 1999, playing four handed. Shugart is the only female to win the event in over 60 years.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

• North American Bridge Championships (3)
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1999
  • Reisinger (2) 1998, 1999

Runners-up

• North American Bridge Championships
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1998
• Rita Shugart international record at the World Bridge Federation.