Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982) is an American-Canadian former Olympic

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

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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

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

. She finished her collegiate career as the all-time assists leader and

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scorer in

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history with 284 points, until the record was broken in 2011. She is tied as the second-most decorated US woman in

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history. She was selected by fellow Team USA members to be the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony of the

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. Chu has served as head coach of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference of

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since 2016. She was previously an assistant coach for the

University of Minnesota Duluth The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a public university in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the University of Minnesota System. UMD offers 17 bachelor's degrees in 87 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, a tw ...

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

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, on March 13, 1982. Her father Wah was born in

Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

. 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. Miriam's father is Chinese and her mother is Puerto Rican. Chu has two siblings. Chu grew up with her family in Fairfield. As a child, she 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 Northwood School 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 was 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 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships tournament with ten points (five goals, five assists).

Professional hockey

From 2007 to 2010, Chu played forward for the professional hockey

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of the WWHL and won the 2010 Clarkson Cup. In 2010–11, she joined the Montreal Stars in the

(CWHL) and claimed her second consecutive Clarkson Cup 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 Toronto Furies, 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. The event made Chu the first non-Canadian CWHL All-Star Captain and the first visible-minority player to be named captain at an All-Star Game. 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

and helped the Bulldogs women's ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship. In the 2010–2011 hockey season, she joined the

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

in Sochi, Russia. In 2014, Chu became an assistant coach with the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey team. By 2024, she had become head coach of the Stingers.

Personal life

Chu is married to Canadian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist Caroline Ouellette. Chu and Ouellette were both teammates for Les Canadiennes and served together as assistant coaches of the

and the

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. They previously captained their respective rivaling national teams, 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. Chu is a

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of Canada.

Accomplishments and notes

*2016–17: RSEQ Coach of the Year,

*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 * 2010 Clarkson Cup 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

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*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

Career statistics are fro
Eliteprospects.com
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The Internet Hockey Database
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USA Hockey
or the 2013 USA Women's National Team Media Guide.

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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