title: Helen Portugal
text: # Helen Portugal
  
  Helen Portugal is an American bridge player.
  
  ## Bridge accomplishments
  
  ### Wins
  
  * North American Bridge Championships (6)
     * Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1962
     * Hilliard Mixed Pairs (2) 1951, 1953
     * Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1961
     * Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 1969
     * von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1960
  
  ### Runners-up
  
  * World Olympiad Women's Teams Championship (1) 1964
  * North American Bridge Championships (5)
     * Vanderbilt (1) 1964
     * Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 1959, 1963, 1964
     * Women's Pairs (1958-62) (1) 1961
  