Charlee Minkin

Minkin was born in Half Moon Bay, California.[1] She is Jewish, was bat mitzvah, and attended Congregation Beth Israel-Judea in San Francisco.[2] Her mother is Carolyn Minkin (a black belt), her father, former Green Beret Stephen Minkin, died in a plane crash when she was five years old, and she has three siblings, Zisa, Ben, and Davina (trained in Israel for a year with Olympic medalist Yael Arad).[2][3] She attended Brandeis Hillel Day School in San Francisco.[2] She then attended the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.[2]

Minkin has been coached by Ed Liddie.[1]

In 1998 she won the silver medal in the Pan American U20 Championships (–52 kg).[1] Minkin won three national titles (2000, 2002 (as her older sister Davina won the 57 kg gold medal), and 2004; –52 kg)) and five continental titles.[4][1]

Minkin won the silver medal in the women's half lightweight division (–52 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[1]

She represented her native country at the age of 22 at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Women's 52 kg in Athens, Greece.[1][5]

In 2005, she began a career as a personal trainer.[6] In 2007, Minkin began working as a police agent for the Lakewood, Colorado, Police Department.[6] In 2009, she began to train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and won the gold medal at the 2011 IBJJF Pan Am Championships.[6]

• List of select Jewish judokas

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charlee Minkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.