Jan Martel (bridge)

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. 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.[lower-alpha 1]

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

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
"Martel, Jan". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
"NABC Winners – by Name: Jan Stansby". ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
"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.
"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" (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" (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.
"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

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[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.