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 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 Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2011 Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2011 Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2017 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 2017
Runners-up
World Junior Teams Championship 1999
World University Team Cup 2006
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 Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2016