Name: Carrie Chandler
Weight Category: 52kg
Birthplace: Pittsfield, Mass.
Hometown: Dalton, Mass.
Current Residence: Glenville, New York
Date of Birth: July 12, 1981
Club: NYAC / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center
Coach: Jason Morris

Honors:

• Most Outstanding Player, 2000 Collegiate Nationals
• Fighting Spirit Award, 1999 High School Nationals

World Championship Teams: 2007, 2005
Pan Am Championship Teams: 2006, 2005 (Gold)

Junior World Championship Teams: 2000

Personal: One would assume that with a father who ran a local judo club for more than 20 years, Carrie would have donned her first gi before she could walk, but it wasn't until high school that she had her first experience in judo. Looking for something to do one night to alleviate teenage boredom, Carrie went to the dojo and fell in love with the sport. Within just six years she had earned the top seed in her division and is now pursuing her Olympic dream. "I love judo so much that after I retire from competing I hope to become a successful coach," Carrie says.

Recent Career Highlights:

2007:

• Gold – USA Judo Senior National Championships
• Silver – British Open Championships

2006:

• Gold – USA Judo Senior National Championships
• Bronze – Belgium Ladies Open
• Bronze – Finnish Open
• Seventh – Budapest World Cup
• Seventh – Pan American Championships
• Ninth – Paris Super World Cup

2005:

• Gold – Puerto Rico Open
• Gold – Pan American Championships
• Gold – World Team Trials
• Gold – USA Judo Senior National Championships
• Silver – Rendez-Vous Canada
• Bronze – Prague World Cup
• Bronze – U.S. Open
• Fifth – Rotterdam World Cup

2004:

• Gold – Fall Classic Nationals
• Gold – USA Judo Senior National Championships (57kg)
• Bronze – U.S. Open
• Bronze – Rendez Vous Canada
• Bronze – Benito Juarez Championships (57kg)
• Fifth – Athens Open (57kg)

2003

• Gold – Fall Classic Nationals (57kg)
• Gold – Benito Juarez Championships (57kg)
• Silver – Rendez-Vous Canada (57kg)
• Silver – USA Judo Senior National Championships (57kg)
• Bronze – Puerto Rico Open (57kg)

2002:

• Silver – USA Judo Senior National Championships (57kg)
• Silver – Fall Classic Nationals (57kg)
• Silver – Fedo Cup (57kg)
• Bronze – Benito Juarez Championships (57kg)

2001:

• Gold – USA Judo Senior National Championships (57kg)
• Bronze – Rendez-Vous Canada (57kg)
• Fifth – U.S. Open (57kg)

2000:

• Gold – Collegiate National Championships (57kg)
• Fifth – U.S. Open (57kg)
• Fifth – USA Judo Senior National Championships (57kg)

1999:

• Bronze – USA Judo Senior National Championships (57kg)