Judi Radin (née Friedenberg; born 1950), is a professional American

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player from New York City. She played also as Judi Solodar. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), Radin ranked 33rd among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 21st by placing points that do not decay over time."Women World Grand Masters"
. WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-09. Radin is a graduate of

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. In North American competition, Radin was second in the 1974 Reisinger champions (open board-a-match), a title few women have won. She played then as "J. Solodar" and for many years ACBL listed her then-husband John Solodar. She became a

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woman grand master in 1987, along with her regular partner Kathie Wei, as one of two US teams won the biennial Venice Cup. At 37 years old she was the youngest woman WGM to that date."Bridge"
Alan Truscott. ''The New York Times''. 1989-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-01. (Radin–Wei had played on the 1981 and 1985 Venice Cup runners-up and the U.S. gold medal winners in the 1984, quadrennial World Team Olympiad, women flight.) She returned to the Venice Cup field in 2011 and 2013 on two U.S. teams that finished fifth, and played on the U.S. national teams in the 2008 and 2012 World Mind Sports Games (which inherited the Olympiad series).

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

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 ...

(16) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 2010 ** Whitehead Women's Pairs (3) 1998, 2001, 2006 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (4) 1983, 2003, 2006, 2012 **

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- ...

(5) 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 2006 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1998, 2002 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2000

Runners-up

** Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 2011 ** Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1984 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (4) 1985, 1997, 2004, 2013 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1979 **

(1) 1982 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1991 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1986, 1995, 2003 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1983 ** Reisinger (1) 1974 (as Judi Solodar)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radin, Judi 1950 births American contract bridge players Venice Cup players Columbia University alumni Game players from New York City Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)