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Jeanette Chippington

Jeanette Chippington
MBE
Personal information
Full name Jeanette Clare Chippington
Nationality British
Born (1970-04-21) 21 April 1970 (age 46)
Taplow, England
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's swimming
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 100 m freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 4x50 m freestyle relay S1-6
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 100 m backstroke L4
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 50 m freestyle S6
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 4x100 m medley relay 34pts
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4x50m freestyle relay 20pts
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4x50 m medley relay S1-6
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 200 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 4x50 m medley relay S1-6
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 4x50 m medlay relay 20pts
Paracanoeing
Canoe Sprint World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg Women's K–1 200 m A
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg Women's V–1 200 m A
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg Women's V–1 200 m TA
Gold medal – first place 2015 Milan Women's K–1 200 m KL1
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio Women's K–1 200 m KL1

Jeanette Clare Chippington, MBE (née Esling, born 21 April 1970) is a British Paralympic swimmer and paracanoeist. Chippington has represented Great Britain at five consecutive Summer Paralympics, 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. Competing as a S6 classification swimmer she favoured mainly 50 m and 100m freestyle competitions. After retiring from swimming Chippington returned to disability sport, becoming a world class paracanoeist, winning medals at the ICG World Championships in 2013 and 2015.

Chippington was born Jeanette Clare Esling in 1970 in Taplow, England. In 1982 she contracted a virus which resulted in damage to her spinal cord which in turn left her paralysed in both legs. She married in 1998, flying from her honeymoon to compete in the IPC Swimming World Championships in New Zealand. She has two children and also works as a swimming instructor and coach.

Chippington started swimming on the recommendation of her physiotherapist after her illness. She entered her first major competition in 1985 and despite originally participating in all four major competitive strokes, she settled as a 50m and 100m freestyle specialist. In 1988 she made the Great Britain team for the Summer Paralympics in Seoul entering the women's 100m backstroke and freestyle L4 events. There she finished in second place in the 100m freestyle to win her first Paralympic medal. Chippington represented Great Britain four years later at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. There she entered six events, taking a medal in one, a bronze in the women's Women's 4x50 m Medley S1-6, alongside team mates Tara Flood, Margaret McEleny and Jane Stidever.


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