Jan Martel (bridge)
Janet Friedman Martel (born February 26, 1943) is an American bridge player from Davis, California.[1] A graduate of University of California, Berkeley, she is a retired attorney and a past president of the United States Bridge Federation (USBF).[1] She is married to Chip Martel, a world champion bridge player. She was previously married to Lew Stansby another world champion player. Her parents Milton and Rose Friedman were both free market economists.[2] Her brother David D. Friedman is an anarcho-capitalist theorist.
Martel has won seven national championships, or national-rated events at North American Bridge Championships meets.[3] Playing under the name Jan Stansby with Pat Leary in 1974, she won the Whitehead Women's Pairs, the premier ACBL annual championship for women pairs.[a]
She was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2012. [5]
Bridge accomplishments[edit]
Honors[edit]
- ACBL Honorary Member, 2018
Wins[edit]
- North American Bridge Championships (7)
- North American Pairs (1) 1988 [7]
- Grand National Teams (1) 2009 [8]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1986 [9]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 1994 [10]
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1986 [11]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2001 [12]
- North American Pairs Flight A (1) 1988
Runners-up[edit]
- North American Bridge Championships (7)
- Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1988 [13]
- Grand National Teams (1) 2006 [8]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1996 [9]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 1980, 1985, 1987 [10]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2004 [12]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge - Biographies and Results (compact disk) (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.
- ^ Alan Truscott's column in the NY Times, November 23, 1982
- ^ a b "Martel, Jan". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ^ "NABC Winners – by Name: Jan Stansby". ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ^ a b "Induction by Year" Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine. Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ^ Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of Bridge Blackwood Award.
- ^ "NAP Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-21. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "GNT Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2009-07-24. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Machlin Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-29. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Wagar Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Women's BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Whitehead Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-27. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
External links[edit]
- Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame (archived) – with video interview
- "International record for Jan Martel". World Bridge Federation.
- ACBL NABC Database - Jan Martel
