I started playing bridge during my final year at University, and my first husband introduced me to the game.

I am a Middlesex member and play almost all my club bridge in London-Andrew Robson's bridge club, Young Chelsea bridge club, Ace of clubs bridge club and more.

National success: In Bulgaria my best achievement was winning the National Open Teams Championship. In England I've won numerous Ladies Teams and finished in third place, two times in the Crockfords.

Internationally, I've won 10 medals from European and World Championships for three different countries (on paper - as they are Bulgaria, Great Britain and England).

My best achievement was winning the European Ladies Pairs in 1987 in Brighton and winning the gold in the Mind Sports Olympics in Beijing 2008.

In my free time I like the gym, jigsaw puzzles, reading, the Saturday Times crossword, football betting, cooking, concerts, cinema, and theatre. Unfortunately as I work as a bridge pro and live in Nottingham, it involves lots of travelling around the country, and I lack free time to do everything I want to.

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Updated - July 2010.