Chantal Benoit

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Chantal Benoit OC (born October 1, 1960) is a Canadian wheelchair basketball player. She is considered among the best female wheelchair basketball players of all time.

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Benoit played in the Canadian woman's wheelchair basketball team since 1984, and won 3 paralympic gold medals and a bronze one, and participated in five summer Paralympics including the 1994 games at Stoke Mandeville. [1]

When she was young she had cancer, and lost her leg.

International competition

Other accomplishments:

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References

  1. Thiboutot, Armand (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball. p. 86. ISBN   3830954417 . Retrieved 27 June 2014.