Introduction
Jan F. Martel (born February 26, 1943) is an American bridge player from Davis, California. A graduate of University of California, Berkeley, 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 player.She was previously married to Lew Stansby another world champion player. Her parents Milton and Rose Friedman were both free market economists.
Martel has won seven national championships, or national-rated events at North American Bridge Championships 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
- ACBL Honorary Member, 2018
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (7)
- North American Pairs (1) 1988
- Grand National Teams (1) 2009
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1986
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 1994
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1986
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2001
- Flight A (1) 1988
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships (7)
- Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1988
- Grand National Teams (1) 2006
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1996
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 1980, 1985, 1987
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2004