Bridge Career
Levitina is now a professional bridge player. She has won 5 world champion titles in women's bridge and many national titles. As of April 2011 she ranks number 3 among Women World Grand Masters by the World Bridge Federation.
In 1986, Levitina won the Alpwater Award for the best played hand of the year by a woman player, becoming the first Soviet citizen to win a bridge award.
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