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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Thiboutot, Armand (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball. p. 86. ISBN 3830954417. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
External links
[edit]- Wheelchairbasketball.ca
- London2012.com Archived 2012-08-20 at the Wayback Machine