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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image        = 
| alt          = 
| caption      =
| image_size   = 200px
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1978|4|20}}
| birth_place  = [[Anjou, Quebec|Anjou]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| height_ft    = 5
| height_in    = 5
| weight_lb    = 135
| position     = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots       = Left
| played_for   = [[DEC Graz]]<br>[[EHV Sabres Vienna]]<br>[[HC Tornado]]<br>[[St. Lawrence Skating Saints women's ice hockey|St. Lawrence Saints]]<br>[[Laval Le Mistral]]
| league       = ECAC
| sex          = f
| ntl_team     = CAN
| career_start = 1995
| career_end   = 2010
| website      = 
| medaltemplates={{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|Tournament]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IIHF World Women's Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2001 United States]]|}}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[inline hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships|FIRS World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| 2002 United States|}} 
}}
'''Isabelle Chartrand''' (born April 20, 1978) is a Canadian retired [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman]]. As a member of the [[Canada women's national ice hockey team|Canadian national ice hockey team]], she won Olympic gold at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] and a gold medal at the [[2001 IIHF Women's World Championship]].

==Playing career==
Chartrand began playing [[ringette]] as a child, but eventually shifted to ice hockey. By the age of 16, she was a member of Team Quebec. At the 1995 [[Canada Winter Games]], she claimed a bronze medal in ice hockey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/isabelle-chartrand-1.html |title=Isabelle Chartrand Biography and Olympic Results &#124; Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=October 9, 2011|url-status=dead |archivedate=December 13, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213055109/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/isabelle-chartrand-1.html }}</ref> Four years later, she won gold with Team Quebec at the [[Esso women's hockey nationals]].

She played two seasons, 1998–99 and 1999–2000, with [[Laval Le Mistral]] of the [[National Women's Hockey League (1999)|National Women's Hockey League]].

===NCAA===
Before the 2002 Olympics, Chartrand attended [[St. Lawrence University]] in [[Canton, New York]]. As a member of the [[St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey]] program in the [[ECAC Hockey]] conference, Chartrand was named [[Rookie]] of the Week on January 15, 2001.<ref>Canadian Gold 2002, p. 116, [[Andrew Podnieks]], Fenn Publishing Company Ltd, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2002</ref>

She is one of only three athletes from St. Lawrence University to have an Olympic Gold Medal – the others are [[Ed Rimkus]] and [[Gina Kingsbury]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Lawrence University: NetNews|url=http://web.stlawu.edu/netnews/ginakingsbury.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718111024/http://web.stlawu.edu/netnews/ginakingsbury.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |access-date=October 1, 2010}}</ref>

==International play==
Chartrand competed at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]] before her 24th birthday.<ref>Canadian Gold 2002, p. 116, [[Andrew Podnieks]], Fenn Publishing Company Ltd, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2002</ref> 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 [[2002 Winter Olympics]].<ref>Canadian Gold 2002, p. 115, Andrew Podnieks, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2002</ref>

Her previous experience with Team Canada was a gold medal at the 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship. Also a member of the [[Canada women's national inline hockey team]], Chartrand won a gold medal at the 2002 [[FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ice hockey stats}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|isabelle-chartrand}}
* {{Olympedia}}

{{St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey navbox}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen]]
[[Category:Canadian women's national inline hockey team players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Montreal]]
[[Category:Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Canada]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey]]
[[Category:People from Anjou, Quebec]]
[[Category:St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey players]]