Anita Chapman MBE (born 3 July 1952) is a British Paralympic archer who won medals at four Paralympics.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 3 July 1952 (age 71) Doncaster, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
In individual medals she won silver at the 1996 Summer Paralympics she joined Kathleen Smith and Rebecca Gale to gain a bronze medal for the UK in the women's archery team open. This was better than 1992 when the UK had won no medals.[1]
Chapman won gold at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[2] In team medals she was on the bronze medal team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, the silver medalist team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and the gold medal-winning team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[3]
Chapman was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 New Year Honours for services to Archery.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Archery". National Paralympic Heritage Trust. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Davies, Gareth A. (25 October 2000). "Paralympics: Britons swell gold rush with eight medals". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "GB women take archery title". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 September 2004. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "MBEs A-C". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 December 2002. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
External links edit
  | This biographical article relating to a British archery figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This article about a Paralympic medalist of Great Britain is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |