Jan Martel (bridge)

Janet F. 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 player. She was previously married to Lew Stansby another world champion player. Her parents Milton and Rose Friedman were both free market economists.^[2]

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[]

Honors[]

ACBL Hall of Fame, Blackwood Award, 2012^[5]^[6]

ACBL Honorary Member, 2018

Wins[]

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]
- Flight A (1) 1988

Runners-up[]

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[]

^ The ACBL Hall of Fame provides only a citation, or short bridge biography, without information about Jan Martel's birth or marriages.^[3] But the organization's online database "NABC Winners" provides for Jan Stansby her entire record of wins and runners-up in national-rated events.^[4]

References[]

^ ^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". 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[]

Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame – with video interview
"International record for Jan Martel". World Bridge Federation.
ACBL NABC Database - Jan Martel

[5] The ACBL Hall of Fame provides only a citation, or short bridge biography, without information about Jan Martel's birth or marriages.^[3] But the organization's online database "NABC Winners" provides for Jan Stansby her entire record of wins and runners-up in national-rated events.^[4]

[OEB-1] 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.

[2] Alan Truscott's column in the NY Times, November 23, 1982

[ACBLhof-3] "Martel, Jan". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

[4] "NABC Winners – by Name: Jan Stansby". ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

[HOFby-6] "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

[7] Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of Bridge Blackwood Award.

[8] "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.

[GNT_Previous_Winners-9] "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.

[Machlin_Swiss_Previous_Winners-10] "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.

[Wagar_Previous_Winners-11] "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.

[12] "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.

[Mixed_BAM_Previous_Winners-13] "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.

[14] "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.

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