Jeanette Chippington

One of Britain’s longest serving Paralympians, Jeanette Chippington is one of the world’s most successful paddlers ever, with over 30 medals to her name since making her paracanoe debut at the 2011 World Championships.

Paris 2024 was Chippington’s eighth Paralympic Games after making her debut at Seoul 1988 before going on to swim at Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, winning a total of 12 medals.

Atlanta 1996 was her most successful Games where she won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals as well as breaking two world records.

Chippington has very much carried that medal record into paracanoeing, becoming Paralympic champion in the women’s KL1 as the sport made its debut at Rio 2016.

A MBE for services to canoeing would follow in 2017, a year in which she would also achieve the paracanoe ‘Grand Slam’ holding the Paralympic, European and world titles within the calendar year in the KL1.

Chippington switched to the VL2 for the next Paralympic Games in Tokyo and would win bronze as that particular event made its debut on the paracanoe programme.

In 2022, she won her 15th career World Championship medal with bronze in Canada. In total she also has seven European medals and was awarded an OBE in 2022.

Chippington first learnt to swim as part of physiotherapy after contracting a virus and only got into canoeing through a friend who nagged her until she gave it a try.

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Japan)

• VL2 200m: bronze

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

• KL1 200m: Gold

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Greece)

• 4x50m Freestyle: Silver

Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Australia)

• 4x100m Medley: Silver
• 50m Freestyle S6: Bronze
• 100m Freestyle S6: Bronze
• 4x50m Medley: Bronze

Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games (USA)

• 100m Freestyle S6: Gold
• 4x50m Freestyle S1-6: Gold
• 50m Freestyle S6: Silver
• 200m Freestyle S6: Bronze
• 4x50m Medley S1-6: Bronze

Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games (Spain)

• 4x50m Medley S1-6: Bronze

Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games (South Korea)

• 100m Backstroke L4: Silver

2018 World Championships, Mentomor-o-Velho, Portugal

• VL2 200 metres: Silver
• KL1 200 metres: Bronze

2017 World Championships, Racice, Czech Republic

• KL1 200 metres: Gold

2016 World Championships, Duisburg, Germany

• KL1 200 metres: Silver

2015 World Championships, Milan, Italy

• KL1 200 metres: Gold

2014 World Championships, Moscow, Russia

• K1 200m A: Gold
• V1 200m A: Gold

2013 World Championships, Duisburg, Germany

• K1 200m A: Gold
• V1 200m A: Gold
• 200m LTA: Gold

2012 World Championships, Poznan, Poland

• K1 200m A: Gold
• V1 200m A: Gold
• 200m LTA: Gold