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Chantal Benoit


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Chantal Benoit (born October 1, 1960) is a Canadian wheelchair basketball player. considered the best female wheelchair basketball player in history.

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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.

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

    • Chantal Benoit Wheelchair Basketball Part 2


    References

    Chantal Benoit Wikipedia
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