Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982) is an

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retired Olympic

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player who played the position of forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and the position of

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with Les Canadiennes of the

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(CWHL). She won the

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in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player while at

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. She finished her collegiate career as the all-time assists leader and points scorer in NCAA history with 284 points until the record was snapped in 2011. She is tied as the second-most decorated U.S. female in Olympic Winter Games history. She was selected by fellow Team USA members to be the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Chu has served as head coach of the

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program in the

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(RSEQ) conference of

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since 2016. She was previously an assistant coach for the

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and helped the

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team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship in 2008 and served as an assistant coach with the Union Dutchwomen of

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in 2010–2013.

Early life

Julie Wu Chu was born in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1982. Her father Wah was born in

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. Wah and his mother moved to

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when he was one year old. In 1967, when Wah was 16, they emigrated to

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. Shortly after arriving, he met his future wife, Miriam, at a youth group meeting at a neighborhood church. Chu has a sister, Christina, and a brother, Richard. Miriam's father is Chinese and her mother is Puerto Rican. Chu grew up with her family in

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. As a child, Chu participated in

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and

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before transitioning into youth hockey. She attended

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but graduated from

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in 2001. She deferred her acceptance into

until after the

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. She graduated in 2007 with a concentration in psychology.

Playing career

Chu is the first

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woman to play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team; she competed in the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics. She is tied as the second-most decorated U.S. female in Olympic Winter Games history. The four-time Olympian was chosen through a vote of each winter sport's team captain to carry the American flag during the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Chu is the second ice hockey player to serve as flag bearer for Team USA. During her time at Harvard, Chu became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history and was elected as team captain. In her four years at Harvard University, she was the all-time assists leader and obtained 284 points, the most in NCAA history. She won the

in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player in the United States.

International hockey

As a key member and assistant captain of Team USA, Chu won silver medals at the Olympic Games in 2002, 2010, and 2014, and a bronze in 2006. She has recorded 40 goals and 83 assists in 150 games with Team USA. *2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, & 2013 World Champion *2001, 2004, 2007, 2012 Silver Medalist Chu was the leading scorer at the

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tournament with ten points (five goals, five assists). As of May 8, 2015, Chu had not decided on whether or not she will return to international competition.

Professional hockey

From 2007 to 2010, Chu played forward for the professional hockey Minnesota Whitecaps of the WWHL and won the

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. In 2010–11, she joined the

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in the

(CWHL) and claimed her second consecutive

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title, becoming the first player to win the Clarkson Cup with two different teams. In 2010–11 season, Chu was one of the top-5 leading scorers, racking up 35 points, 5 goals and 30 assists in only 19 games. Chu has also participated in both the inaugural (2014) and second (2015–16) annual CWHL All-Star Games. Chu and forward Natalie Spooner, from the

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, were voted captains by the public for the second annual CWHL All-Star Game, taking place January 23, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. More than 33,000 votes were cast during the public voting period, with Chu leading the polls, receiving 34% of the votes and Spooner coming in second with 23% in the public poll, which ran Dec. 15-Jan. 15 at www.CWHL.ca. The event makes Chu the first non-Canadian CWHL All-Star Captain and the first visible-minority player to be named captain at an All-Sta
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Chu's Team Black went on to defeat Spooner's Team White by a score of 5–1.

Coaching career

In 2007–08 Chu was an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota-Duluth and helped the

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women's hockey coaching staff, serving as assistant coach. She stepped down after the 2012–2013 season to focus full-time for the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympi ...

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. Chu currently coaches the

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' women's ice hockey team.

Personal life

Chu is married to Canadian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist Caroline Ouellette. Chu and Ouellette were both teammates for Les Canadiennes de Montréal and served together as assistant coaches of the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the Concordia Stingers. They previously captained their respective national women's hockey teams which have a huge rivalry, and skated against each other in three Olympic gold medal finals (2002, 2010, 2014) and over half a dozen world championships. They have two daughters, Liv (born November 2017) and Tessa (born May 2021). Chu became a permanent resident of Canada.

Accomplishments and notes

*2016-17 RSEQ COACH OF THE YEAR: Julie Chu:

*2014 US Olympic Team Flag Bearer – Closing Ceremonies *2014 Competed in her 4th Olympic Games for the United States (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014) *

2011 Clarkson Cup The 2011 Clarkson Cup was contested at the Barrie Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The four competing teams included three from the Canadian Women's Hockey League and one from the Western Women's Hockey League. All teams played each ot ...

Tournament Most Valuable Player *2007–08 Assistant coach of the University of Minnesota-Duluth women's ice hockey team, which won its fourth NCAA national championship that season. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Chu stepped down to prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. *2007

winner (equivalent to the Hobey Baker for NCAA women's ice hockey) *2007 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award – Awarded by USA Hockey *2005 USCHO.com Defensive Forward of the Year *Four-time All American at Harvard *Four-time finalist for Patty Kazmaier Award *All-time NCAA scoring leader (284 points in four seasons) *All-time NCAA assist leader (197 points in four seasons) *Three-time All American *Three-time NCAA Frozen Four finalist *Four-time USA Hockey Girls national champion (Connecticut Polar Bears)

Media/national publicity biography

*Off The Podium.com Torino 2006 Screensaver *February 13, 2006 - ''People Magazin''e *February 2006 - ''Glamour Magazine'' *US Anti-Doping Agency 2006 Campaign * ''ESPN Magazine'' Body Issue, October 2011 edition

Endorsement campaigns

* Procter & Gamble / Bounty – 2014 * BP – 2014 * Ralph Lauren – 2014 * Citi – 2014 * Highmark Insurance / Blue Cross Blue Shield – 2014 * Easton Hockey – 2009 to present * Upper Deck Trading Cards – 2010 and 2014 * Panini Trading Cards – 2014 * Procter & Gamble / Crest – 2010 * Nike – 2010 * Sega / Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games – 2010

Career statistics

References

External links

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Montreal Stars bio

Julie Chu
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