Geir Helgemo

Who is Geir Helgemo?

Geir Helgemo is a Norwegian professional bridge player. Through 2012 he has won three world championships in teams-of-four competition. As of June 2013 he ranks ninth among Open World Grand Masters and his regular partner Tor Helness ranks tenth.

Helgemo was born in Vinstra, Norway. For several years through 1994 he presented Norway on both its junior and open teams. The juniors were 1990 European champions and both teams finished second in their 1993 world championships. From that time Helgemo played with Tor Helness on the open team, which was always strong and won another world silver medal in 2001. Norway finally won the world team championship in 2007, the biennial Bermuda Bowl, with a team of six including Helness–Helgemo as anchor pair.

At the inaugural, 2008 World Mind Sports Games in Beijing, Tor Helness won the Open Individual gold medal and Geir Helgemo won the silver! Norway's open team won the bronze.