Julie Chu

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name = Julie Chu


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Julie Chu (born March 13 1982) is an American Olympic ice hockey player who plays the position of forward on the Women's Ice Hockey team. She stands at a height of 5’8”. Chu's hometown is Fairfield, Connecticut, although she resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts during her college years. She now lives in Duluth, Minnesota where she also works as a coach for the division one, national championship women's hockey team at University of Minnesota at Duluth.

As a child, she had participated in soccer and figure skating before transitioning into youth hockey. Julie graduated in 2001 from Choate Rosemary Hall. She deferred her acceptance into Harvard to after the 2002 Turin Olympics.

Chu is the first Asian American woman and first Chinese American woman to play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, and played in the 2002 and 2006 games. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player.

During her time at Harvard, she was an influential player and teammate. This was especially the case for Brittany Martin, a Harvard goalie, who was Chu's admitted favorite.

She graduated from Harvard University in 2007 with a concentration in Psychology. [cite web |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45255&SPID=4044&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=523178&Q_SEASON=2006 |title=Julie Chu Bio |publisher=GoCrimson.com |date= |accessdate = 2008-03-13]

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External links

* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1162.htm Julie Chu's U.S. Olympic Team bio]
* [http://www.varsityclub.harvard.edu/Newsviews/Volume45/45Issueseven/45chuseven.html Harvard article]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5058261/detail.html NBCOlympics.com profile]