Isabelle Chartrand (born April 20, 1978) is a Canadian retired

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. As a member of the Canadian national ice hockey team, she won Olympic gold at the

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and a gold medal at the 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Playing career

Chartrand began playing

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as a child but would eventually shift to ice hockey. By the age of 16, she was a member of Team Quebec. At the 1995

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, she would claim a bronze medal in ice hockey. Four years later, she took gold with Team Quebec at the

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. She played two seasons, 1998–99 and 1999–2000, with

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of the

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NCAA

Prior to the 2002 Olympics, Chartrand attended St. Lawrence University in

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. As a member of the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program in the

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conference, Chartrand was named

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of the Week on January 15, 2001. She is one of only three athletes from St. Lawrence University to have an Olympic Gold Medal – the others are Ed Rimkus and

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International play

Chartrand competed at the

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before her 24th birthday. Chartrand was one of the youngest members of the team. Chartrand had two goals and an assist for Team Canada’s gold medal winning team at the

.Canadian Gold 2002, p. 115, Andrew Podnieks, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2002 Her previous experience with Team Canada was a Gold Medal at the 2001 IIHF Women’s World Championship. Also a member of the

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, Chartrand won a gold medal at the 2002

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* * * 1978 births Living people Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian women's national inline hockey team players Ice hockey people from Montreal Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic ice hockey players of Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Anjou, Quebec St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1970s-stub