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Jeanette Chippington
OBE
Personal information
Full nameJeanette Chippington[1]
NationalityBritish
Born (1970-04-21) 21 April 1970 (age 54)
Taplow, England
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportSwimming, Paracanoe
Disability classKL1 (paracanoe)
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 4×50 m freestyle 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 4×100 m medley 34pts
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4×50 m freestyle 20pts
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4×50 m medley S1-6
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 200 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 4×50 m medley 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 4×50 m medlay 20pts
Women's paracanoeing
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro KL1
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo VL2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Poznań K-1 A
Gold medal – first place 2012 Poznań K-1 TA
Gold medal – first place 2012 Poznań V-1 A / TA
Gold medal – first place 2012 Poznań V-1 LTA
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg K-1 A
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg V-1 A
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg V-1 TA
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow K-1 A
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow V-1 A
Gold medal – first place 2015 Milan KL1
Gold medal – first place 2017 Račice KL1
Silver medal – second place 2016 Duisburg KL1
Silver medal – second place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho VL2
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho KL1
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Dartmouth VL2
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Račice KL1
Gold medal – first place 2017 Plovdiv KL1
Gold medal – first place 2018 Belgrade KL1
Silver medal – second place 2018 Belgrade VL2
Silver medal – second place 2019 Poznań VL2
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich VL2
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Poznań KL1

Jeanette Clare Chippington, OBE (née Esling; born 21 April 1970) is a British Paralympic swimmer and paracanoeist. Chippington has represented Great Britain at seven Paralympics, five in swimming 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 gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and bronze at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Personal history

Chippington was born Jeanette Clare Esling in 1970 in Taplow, England.[2] In 1982 she contracted a virus which resulted in damage to her spinal cord which in turn left her paralysed in both legs.[3][4] She married in 1998, flying from her honeymoon to compete in the IPC Swimming World Championships in New Zealand.[3] She has two children and also works as a swimming instructor and coach.[2]

Swimming career

Chippington started swimming on the recommendation of her physiotherapist after her illness.[3] 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.[3] 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.[5] 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.[6][7]

The 1996 Summer Paralympics were Chippington's most successful with a five medal haul. She won two gold medals, setting world records in both. In the Women's 4 x 100-metre medley relay she was reunited with McEleny and Stidver while new member Jennifer Booth was added to the last leg. The team finished in a time of 2:52.36 setting a new world record and taking gold.[8] Her second gold medal was in the 100m freestyle S6. In the heats Jenny Newstead of New Zealand finished as fastest qualifier in a world record time of 1:23.85, while Chippington qualified third.[9] Despite the strong competition, Chippington won the final by swimming 1:23:63 beating Newstead's short lived record in the process.[9] She completed the Atlanta games with a silver in the 50 m freestyle S6 and two bronze medals in the 200 m freestyle S6 and 4x50 m medley relay S1-6.[7]

The 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney saw Chippington add another four Paralympic medals to her tally; a silver in the Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 34 pts and three further bronze medals.[7] Her final Paralympics as a swimmer was the 2004 Games in Athens. Despite believing she was not good enough to qualify for the Games, Chippington still left with another medal, a silver in the 4x50m freestyle relay 20pts.[3]

Paracanoeing career

Chippington took up paracanoeing after being nagged by a friend to try out the sport.[2] In 2013, she won three gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, but later decided to focus on the KL1 200m event when it was announced that only Kayaks in her disability classification would be included in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.[2] At the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships held in Milan, Chippington won gold in the KL1 200m, giving her a qualifying place for the 2016 Games in Rio.[4]

Chippington was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to canoeing[10] and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours, also for services to canoeing.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Government of the United Kingdom. 30 December 2016. p. 51. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jeanette Chippington". britishcanoeing.org.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Athlete Profile: Jeanette Chippington". sportsable.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b McDaid, David (21 August 2015). "Jeanette Chippington wins GB's second gold at Para-canoe Worlds". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games – Swimming: Women's 100 m Backstroke L4". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games – Swimming: Women's 4x50 m Medley S1-6". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Athlete Search Results = Jeanette". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games – Swimming: Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games – Swimming: Women's 100 m Freestyle S6". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  10. ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N16.
  11. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N11.
  12. ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
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