fullname birth_place birth_date article_title name
chantel louise wolfenden lithgow , new south wales yes 15 january 1986 chantel wolfenden
 chantel wolfenden
chantel wolfenden

chantel louise wolfenden , oam -lrb- born 15 january 1986 -rrb- is an australian paralympic swimmer .
born in the new south wales town of lithgow , she started to swim at the age of five as therapy for cerebral palsy .
she underwent three operations to cut and lengthen her achilles tendon .
she competed at the 2002 ipc swimming world championships in mar del plata , argentina winning a gold medal in the women 's 400m freestyle s7 and two silver medals in the women 's 100m backstroke and women 's 100m freestyle s7 events .
at the 2004 athens games , she won a gold medal in the women 's 400 m freestyle s7 event , for which she received a medal of the order of australia , a silver medal in the women 's 100 m freestyle s7 event , and four bronze medals in the women 's 100 m backstroke s7 , women 's 200 m individual medley sm7 , women 's 4x100 m freestyle 34 pts and women 's 4x100 m medley 34 pts events .
she swam for the fairmead swim club in bundaberg , queensland and was coached by paul simms .
between 2002 to 2006 , she was an australian institute of sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder .
she was also a queensland academy of sport scholarship holder .
