Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born May 15, 1956) is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. As of May 16, 2016, he was the fifth-ranking World Grand Master. For decades Meckstroth has been in a regular partnership with Eric Rodwell and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived from Precision Club. One of Meckstroth's iconic achievements was winning three of the four available major events contested at the ACBL's 2008 fall championships, the Open Board-A-Match Teams, Blue Ribbon Pairs, and Reisinger Teams. He became ACBL's all-time leading masterpoint holder when he went past Paul Soloway's long held record during the Indianapolis Winter Regional in March 2010. Meckstroth was born in Springfield, Ohio. He is a full-time bridge professional and lives in Clearwater Beach, Florida with his wife, Sally Chapleau-Meckstroth. Bridge accomplishments Awards ACBL Player of the Decade (3)1990s, 2000s, 2010s ACBL Player of the Year (3) 1992, 2004, 2009 Barry Crane Top 500 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 Mott-Smith Trophy 1979, 1980, 1985, 2000, 2009, 2017 Fishbein Trophy 1996, 2004, 2007 Herman Trophy 1980, 1982, 1995, 2004 ACBL King of Bridge 1974 Le Bridgeur Award (Best Played Hand of the Year) 1998 IBPA Award (Best Played Hand of the Year) 1999 Goren Trophy (1) 2009 Wins Bermuda Bowl (5) 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009 World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1988 World Open Pairs (1) 1986 World Mixed Pairs (1) 2002 North American Bridge Championships (61) Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2013, 2014, 2016 Grand National Teams (14) 1990, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (6) 1989, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009 Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1982, 2008, 2016 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1984, 2008 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1979 Reisinger (9) 1979, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1980 Silodor Open Pairs (3) 1979, 1992, 2016 Spingold (12) 1984, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 Vanderbilt (7) 1980, 1982, 1985,