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

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player from

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. A graduate of

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, she is a retired attorney and a past president of the United States Bridge Federation (USBF). She is married to Chip Martel, a world champion bridge player. She was previously married to

Lew Stansby Lew Stansby (August 17, 1940 – May 24, 2024) was an American bridge player from Dublin, California. At the time of his death Lew, a former commodities trader, lived with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national ...

another world champion player. Her parents Milton and

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were both

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economists. Her brother

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is an

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

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

meets. 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. 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) ** Whitehead Womens Pairs (1) 1974 **

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 (1) 1986 **

Wagar Women's Knockout Teams The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams is a knock- ...

(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 (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). From 2010 the event is officially the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, as it is contested ...

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

Runners-up

(7) ** Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1988 **

(1) 2006 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1996 **

(3) 1980, 1985, 1987 **

(1) 2004

Notes

References

External links

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