Charlee Minkin

Charlee Minkin (born November 13, 1981) is an American Olympic judoka. She won three national titles (2000, 2002, and 2004), and won the silver medal in the women's half lightweight division (–52 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games. In 2011 she won the gold medal in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the IBJJF Pan Am Championships.

Early and personal life Minkin was born in Half Moon Bay, California. 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). She attended Brandeis Hillel Day School in San Francisco.

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