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Chelsey Gotell

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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment

Further personal information

Languages
English
Higher education
Psychology - McMaster University: Hamilton, ON, CAN

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming competitively at age eight.
Why this sport?
Her friend was a member of the Aquanauts Swim Club in Nova Scotia, Canada.

General interest

Awards and honours
She was named the 2005/06 McMaster University Marauders' Rookie of the Year. (Swimming Canada, 26 Aug 2010)
Famous relatives
Her brother Devin is also visually impaired and competes in para-swimming at international level. (paralympic.ca, 25 Mar 2010)
Other information
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She was elected to the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] Athletes' Council in September 2016. (insidethegames.biz, 18 Sep 2016)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM13 Final Round 3
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB13 Final Round 1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Final Round 2
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Heats 3
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Final Round 3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Final Round 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Heats 7
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM13 Heats 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM13 Final Round 3
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Heats 6
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 6
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 3
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM13 Final Round 3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Final Round 5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB13 Final Round 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Final Round 1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Heat 2 1
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 3
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Heat 1 3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Heat 2 1
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 6
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Heat 2 2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM13 Final Round 1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Final Round 1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Heat 1 1
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Final Round 3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Heat 1 2
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 3
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Heat 2 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 2
IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 2
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Heats 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Heats 2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Heats 2
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Heats 1
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Final Round 1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB13 Final Round 4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM13 Final Round 2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM13 Heats 2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Final Round 1
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Medley SM13 Final Round 3
Women's 200 m Medley SM13 Heat 1 2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB13 Final Round 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 4
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 3