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The following article featuring former Harvard standout Julie Chu appeared in the February 5 issue of the Pacific Citizen.
By Nalea J. Ko
Reporter
Julie Chu could not help but envy the hockey players across the
ice rink when she strapped on ice skates at 8 years old to learn
figure skating with her sister.
A couple of months after her ill-fated figure skating lessons, Chu
would begin her ice hockey career. It was a journey that would
eventually lead her to the Olympics three times with the United
States women’s hockey team.
“Two months later we’re like, ‘Well, we really
don’t want to do this one,’” Julie Chu said
during a phone call to the Pacific Citizen about wanting to play
ice hockey like her brother, Richard. “And they [my parents]
didn’t even bat an eye. They went to the local hockey shop
and suited us up in equipment. And ever since then it’s been
history, and I’ve been loving it every moment.”
Complete article can be accessed via the Citizen Web site by clicking here.
