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