What is Julie Blanchette?
[[File:Julie Blanchette 02.jpg|thumb|290px|Blanchette is captain of Montreal Mission]] '''Julie Blanchette ''' (born January 9, 1977 in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[professional]] ringette player. She plays [[Centre (ice hockey)|center position]]. Blanchette plays for the [[Montreal Mission]] of the [[National Ringette League]]. She is also a member of the Canadian national women's ringette team. == Sporting career == [[File:Julie Blanchette 03.jpg|thumb|200px]] Blanchette started playing ringette when she was 4 years old.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/View?id=df38hh58_237gtgs6r5m Blanchette Profile]</ref> Her brother played [[ice hockey]], and her parents looked for a team game for her. They signed her up with the local ringette club in Montreal. She played her sport at every amateur level in [[Montreal]]. She represented [[Quebec]] in the Canadian championships and the Canada Games. Blanchette has been at the professional elite level since 2003. She plays for [[Montreal Mission]] in the National Ringette League in Canada. In 2005, she played a season for the club Turun Ringet Turku in the professional ringette league of [[Finland]]. Since 2004, she has been a member of the ringette national team of Canada. She played in the Ringette World championships of 2004 in [[Stockholm]], of 2007 in [[Ottawa]] and of 2010 in [[Tampere]]. She also played in the world championships of 2008 to Sault Ste-Marie. She is captain of the Canadian national team and Montreal Mission. She is also a trainer and a coach. She is the trainer of the national Team Canada Under-19 years during the world Championships Under-19 years of 2009 in [[Prague]]. In September 2011, Blanchette was named an assistant-coach of the national team of Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationalringetteleague.ca/bautista-and-blanchette-named-team-canada-assistant-coaches-p172721-en |title=Bautista and Blanchette named Team Canada assistant coaches |access-date=2012-01-26 |archive-date=2011-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.ar