Chantal Benoit

Chantal Benoit (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.

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