Anita Chapman

Anita Chapman
MBE
Personal information
Born	3 July 1952 (age 72); Doncaster, England
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing Great Britain
Paralympic Games

Anita Chapman MBE (born 3 July 1952 in Doncaster) is a British Paralympic archer who won medals at four Paralympics.

Career

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

^ "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

Anita Chapman at the International Paralympic Committee

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[five-1] "Archery". National Paralympic Heritage Trust. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[2] 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.

[3] "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.

[4] "MBEs A-C". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 December 2002. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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