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{{short description|Dutch bridge professional (born 1961)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2011}}
[[File:Berry Westra.jpg|thumb|Berry Westra]]
'''Berry Westra''' (born February 28, 1961) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[Contract bridge|bridge]] professional. At age 18 he made his debut with former bridge world champion [[Hans Kreijns]] in the ''meesterklasse'' (the highest competitive level in the Dutch bridge league). In 1986 Westra became European champion youth bridge. The [[World Junior Teams Championship|world championship]] in the same category followed a year later. As member of the Dutch national team, he ended third at the [[World Team Olympiad]] in 1992 as well as in the European Teams Championship of 1995. In 1993 he won the [[Bermuda Bowl]], the World Championship Open Teams. In 2007 Westra won a bronze medal at the European Team Championships in [[Antalya]].

Apart from playing bridge at national and international levels, Westra also wrote many bridge books. 

Westra was born in [[Amstelveen]], North Holland, and he lives in [[Krimpen aan den IJssel]].{{when|date=June 2014}}
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* {{cite news|last=Alder|first=Phillip|title=That's smoothness of performance|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bM0qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2596,678499&dq=berry-westra&hl=en|accessdate=30 January 2011|newspaper=[[Moscow-Pullman Daily News]]|date=8 October 1996|page=4B}} – bridge column featuring a deal played by Westra
* [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3Awestra%2C+berry&qt=owc_search Worldcat search: 'westra, berry'] <!--2014-06-09 not found at LCCN, no WorldCat top page?-->

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