Joel Powhatan Wooldridge (born July 19, 1979) is an American multi national champion and world junior champion in contract bridge as well as an expert[1] foosball player. In 1990, Wooldridge broke Sam Hirschman's previous record for the youngest to achieve Life Master status with the American Contract Bridge League surpassing the mark of 11 years, 9 months and 5 days with a new record of 11 years, 4 months and 13 days. Sam's brother Dan broke Joel's record four years later. Wooldridge lives in New York City.
Bridge accomplishments
Awards
- ACBL King of Bridge 1997
- WBF Youth Award 2003
- ACBL Player of the Year 2011
Wins
- World Junior Teams Championship (3) 2001, 2002, 2005
- North American Bridge Championships (10)
- Lebhar IMP Pairs (2) 1997, 2013
- Fast Open Pairs (1) 2003
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2009
- Roth Open Swiss Teams (2) 2009, 2014[2]
- Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2011
- Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2011
- Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2017[2]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 2017[2]
Runners-up
- World Junior Teams Championship 1999
- World University Team Cup 2006[3]
- North American Bridge Championships (9)
- Spingold (1) 2005
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2009
- North American Pairs Flight A (2) 2011, 2018
- Bermuda Bowl (1) 2011
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2012
- Grand National Teams Championship Flight (2) 2012, 2019[2]
- Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2016
References
- ↑ "Joel Wooldridge at Foosworld.com". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "ACBL". web3.acbl.org. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ↑ "3rd World University Team Cup". World Bridge Federation. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
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