Born in Rome in 1928, Maria Victoria Venturini is one of the few Italian bridge players to have earned the title of the World Life Maste.
Mavi won a gold medal at the Olympiad Ladies of Miami and a silver medal in the Venice Cup in Venice.
She has also won three consecutive European Ladies Teams Championships since 1970 and has also achieved several other important results in various national and European events how two gold and one silver in EC Women Teams Championships.
During the '60s and '70 that saw her excel often participated in competitions Open so that came a couple of times in the Italy Open Cup final. in her palmares we can find two victories in Mixed Teams (1971, 1972).