Joel Wooldridge
Joel Powhatan Wooldridge (born July 19, 1979 in Buffalo, NY) is a 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
- Lebhar IMP Pairs 1997, 2013
- World Junior Teams Championship 2001, 2002, 2005
- Fast Open Pairs 2003
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match 2009
- Roth Open Swiss Teams 2009
- Silodor Open Pairs 2011
- Norman Kay Platinum Pairs 2011
Runners-up
- World Junior Teams Championship 1999
- Spingold 2005
- World University Team Cup 2006[2]
- Blue Ribbon Pairs 2009
- North American Pairs Flight A 2011
- Bermuda Bowl 2011
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match 2012
- Grand National Teams Championship Flight 2012
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