Chantal Benoit

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.

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

• Silver in 1986 Pan-American Games in Puerto Rico
• 4th place in 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea
• Bronze medal in 1990 Gold Cup World Championships in France
• Gold medal 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games Barcelona, Spain
• Gold medal 1994 Gold Cup World Championships England
• Gold 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games Atlanta, USA
• Gold 1998 Qualification of the Americas Winnipeg, Canada
• Gold 1998 Gold Cup World Championships Sydney, Australia (+ MVP award!)
• Gold 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games Sydney, Australia
• Gold 2002 Gold Cup World Championships Kitakyushu, Japan
• Bronze 2004 Athens Paralympic Games Athens, Greece
• Gold 2006 Gold Cup World Championships Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Gold 2007 Osaka Cup Osaka, Japan
• Bronze 2007 4 Nations Tournament Sydney, Australia
• Silver 2007 Parapanamerican Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Bronze 2008 North American Cup Birmingham, Al, USA
• Bronze 2010 World Championships Birmingham, UK

Other accomplishments:

• 2008 Wheelchair Basketball Canada - Female Athlete of the Year
• Canada's Flag bearer at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

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

External links

• Wheelchairbasketball.ca
• London2012.com Archived 2012-08-20 at the Wayback Machine