Julie Chu (b. 3/13/1982) is a U.S. Olympic athlete who plays the position of Forward (ice hockey) on the Women's Ice Hockey team. She stands at a height of 5’8”. Ms. Chu's hometown is Fairfield, Connecticut, although she resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Forward is a hockey player position on the ice whose responsibility is primarily offense. ... Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, about five miles southwest of Bridgeport on the Gold Coast of Connecticut. ... Cambridge City Hall Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ...

Performance Short List

• First Asian-American (Chinese) woman to compete on the U.S. National or Olympic Hockey Team
• 2002 Olympic Winter Games, silver
• 2005 World Champion, defeating Canada to clinch the title for the first time in history for Team USA
• 2004 World Championships, silver
• 2003 Women’s Four Nations Cup Champion

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As a student at Harvard University, Julie is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the school and was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2003. After her silver-medal performance at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Julie is a contender for the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team. Most recently, she played a strong game against Canada at the 2005 World Championships when Team USA shut out the defending champions to capture the world title for the first time in U.S. history. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... The XIX Olympic Winter Games were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ...

Personal

When Julie was eight years old, while her brother was competing in ice hockey, her parents arranged for her to participate in figure skating. Less than one month later, after numerous falls and crashes, Julie was on the other side of the rink training to shoot slap shots and skate aggressively on the ice. While attending high school at Choate Rosemary Hall she captained the hockey, soccer and softball teams, and was elected student-body president before choosing to withdraw from all of her high school commitments to compete on the U.S. National Ice Hockey Team. She returned to Choate in her senior year and graduated with her class in 2001. Choate Rosemary Hall Pond view, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut. ...

The granddaughter of an immigrant woman who traveled to the United States with three young children in tow, Julie Chu is proud to represent Team USA but acknowledges her Chinese heritage and its special place in her heart. She was the first woman of Asian descent to be named to the U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team when she helped the USA earn a silver medal in Salt Lake City. When Julie traveled to China for competition, she videotaped footage of the Great Wall for her grandmother who never had a chance to visit the site before moving to the U.S. Great Wall can refer to several things: Great Wall of China Great Wall of Galaxies, part of the Coma Cluster This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Did You Know?

• Julie has a tattoo of the Olympic rings with the number 13, her jersey number. When she went to get the tattoo she was joined by two other individuals who also had the design inked on their bodies… her parents.
• “Saint Chuey” is what her teammates call her because of her saint-like personality.
• Her parents travel to nearly every Team USA event, both domestically and internationally.
• Though her grandmother does not speak English and Julie is not fluent in Chinese, there is one message from her grandmother that Julie always understands – the thumbs up. Her grandmother frequently throws her thumbs into the air to show support for her granddaughter at games.
• Julie is in the record books at Harvard as one of the highest scoring players in the university’s history, earning 149 points with 92 assists.
• She is considering a high school teaching career following her Harvard graduation.
References: www.usolympicteam.com, www.usahockey.com

Julie Chu is the first woman of Asian descent to play for the U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey team. She was a member of the 2002 Salt Lake Silver Medal Team. She is also on the 2006 Turino Team.

External links

• US Olympic Bio
• Harvard article
• NBCOlympics.com profile