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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 4th place in 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea
  • Bronze medal in 1990 Gold Cup World Championships in France 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • Gold medal 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games Barcelona, Spain 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Gold medal 1994 Gold Cup World Championships England 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Gold 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games Atlanta, USA 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Gold 1998 Qualification of the Americas Winnipeg, Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Gold 1998 Gold Cup World Championships Sydney, Australia (+ MVP award!) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Gold 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games Sydney, Australia 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Gold 2002 Gold Cup World Championships Kitakyushu, Japan 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Bronze 2004 Athens Paralympic Games Athens, Greece 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • Gold 2006 Gold Cup World Championships Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Gold 2007 Osaka Cup Osaka, Japan 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • Bronze 2007 4 Nations Tournament Sydney, Australia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • Silver 2007 Parapanamerican Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • Bronze 2008 North American Cup Birmingham, Al, USA 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • Bronze 2010 World Championships Birmingham, UK 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Other accomplishments:

References

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


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