Jordanis T. Pavlides was a British

Great Britain

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 contract bridge

Contract bridge

Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...

 player who won the British Bridge League Master Pairs in 1948, the Gold Cup

Gold Cup (bridge)

The Gold Cup is the premier open Britishcontract bridge competition for teams of four. It was first contested in the 1931/32 season, making it one of the oldest contract bridge tournaments anywhere...

 in 1949, the European championship in 1954, and the Bermuda Bowl

Bermuda Bowl

The Bermuda Bowl is a trophy awarded to the winners of the Open series in the World Team Championship in contract bridge and is named for the site of the inaugural tournament held in 1950...

 in 1955. He also represented Britain in the European championships of 1955. Pavlides was the sixth member of a winning team whose other members were Terence Reese

Terence Reese

John Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...

, Boris Schapiro

Boris Schapiro

Boris Schapiro was a British international bridge player. He was a Grandmaster of the World Bridge Federation, and the only player to have won both the Bermuda Bowl and the World Senior Pairs championship...

, Kenneth Konstam

Kenneth Konstam

Kenneth W. Konstam , often known as 'Konnie', was an English international bridge player, and in 1955 was one of the only British team to win the Bermuda Bowl. He won more European Open teams championships than any other British player.Konstam, educated at Oundle School, was employed for a time in...

, Leslie Dodds

Leslie Dodds

Leslie William Dodds was an English international bridge player and, by profession, an import-export merchant. He was a member of the British team which won the Bermuda Bowl in 1955...

 and Adam Meredith

Adam Meredith

Adam 'Plum' Meredith was a British professional bridge player. His origin was in County Down, Ireland. He was a key member of the British team which won the Bermuda Bowl in 1955. He won the European Championship in 1949 and 1954, and also played in 1955, 1957 and 1959...

.

He was born in Athens

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, lived for a while in France

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 and Germany

Germany

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, before settling in London

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in 1935. He became a British subject in 1951.