Jan Martel (bridge)
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Jan 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.
Martel has won seven so-called national championships, or national-rated events at North American Bridge Championships meets.[2] 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.[lower-alpha 1]
She was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2012.[4]
Contents
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (6)
- North American Pairs (1) 1988 [6]
- Grand National Teams (1) 2009 [7]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1986 [8]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 1994 [9]
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1986 [10]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2001 [11]
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships (6)
- Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1988 [12]
- Grand National Teams (1) 2006 [7]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1996 [8]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1985, 1987 [9]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2004 [11]
Notes
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Martel, Jan". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ↑ "NABC Winners – by Name: Jan Stansby". ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ↑ Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of Bridge Blackwood Award.
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External links
- Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame – with video interview
- Jan Martel international record at the World Bridge Federation.
