Janet Friedman Martel (born February 26, 1943) is an American

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player from

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. A graduate of

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, she is a retired attorney and a past president of the United States Bridge Federation (USBF). She is married to

Chip Martel Charles U. "Chip" Martel (born 1953) is an American computer scientist and bridge player. Martel was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014. He is married to Jan Martel, also in the ACBL Hall of Fame. Academic life Martel received a B.S. ...

, a world champion player. She was previously married to

Lew Stansby Lew Stansby (born 1940) is an American bridge player from Dublin, California. Lew, a former commodities trader lives with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national win in the Reisinger in 1965, he has won over 35 n ...

another world champion player. Her parents Milton and

Rose Friedman Rose Director Friedman (; born Rose Director (December 1910 – 18 August 2009), was a free-market economist and co-founder of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation. Biography Rose Friedman attended Reed College and then transferred to the ...

were both

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economists. Martel has won seven national championships, or national-rated events at

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

meets. Playing under the name Jan Stansby with Pat Leary in 1974, she won the

Whitehead Women's Pairs The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Whitehead Women's Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ...

, the premier ACBL annual championship for women pairs. She was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2012.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, Blackwood Award, 2012"Induction by Year"
''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16. * ACBL Honorary Member, 2018

Wins

(7) ** North American Pairs (1) 1988 **

Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into ...

(1) 2009 **

Machlin Women's Swiss Teams The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams North American bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams is a four-session Swiss Teams event with tw ...

(1) 1986 ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 1994 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1986 **

Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It ...

(1) 2001 ** North American Pairs Flight A (1) 1988

Runners-up

(7) **

(1) 1988 **

(1) 2006 **

(1) 1996 ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 1980, 1985, 1987 **

(1) 2004

Notes

References

External links

* – with video interview *
ACBL NABC Database - Jan Martel
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