Recent from talks
Shelley Matheson
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Shelley Matheson
Shelley Matheson (née Chaplin) (born 4 September 1984) is an Australian 3.5-point player wheelchair basketball player. She participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where she won a silver medal; in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a second silver medal, a win she dedicated to her lifelong friend Shannon.
Chaplin began playing wheelchair basketball in 1999, after initially contemplating developing her archery skills, and made her debut in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) in 2000. She was part of the WNWBL championship Dandenong Rangers sides in 2011 and 2012. She was first selected for the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in 2001, and first represented Australia in 2002, winning a bronze medal as part of the team at the 2002 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. She played for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign wheelchair basketball team, and was named an All-American in the 2006/07 season. Her team won the national championships in 2009.
Nicknamed Chappers, Chaplin was born in Bendigo, Victoria, on 4 September 1984, with incomplete paraplegia. She grew up in Bendigo, and went to Girton Grammar School. In 2010, she graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation, Sport and Tourism.
After completing her studies at the University of Illinois Chaplin took up a position at Australian Broadcasting Corporation. At the ABC Chaplin was a Production Assistant on Adam Hills Tonight in 2013 and Spicks and Specks in 2014.
Chaplin is married Kieran Matheson and they have two children.
A 3.5-point player, Chaplin began playing wheelchair basketball in 1999. In financial year 2012/2013, the Australian Sports Commission gave her a A$20,000 grant as part of their Direct Athlete Support program. She received $20,000 in 2012/13, $17,000 in 2011/12 and 2010/11, $5,571.42 in 2009/10 and $5,200 in 2008/09.
Chaplin made her debut in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) in 2000 when she played for the Whittlesea Pacers. She played for the Dandenong Rangers in 2011 when her team won the WNWBL title, and in 2012 was the captain of the Victoria Dandenong Rangers. In a round four game against Sydney Uni Flames that the Rangers won 55–44, she scored 22 points. Her team qualified for the league finals, where she scored 16 points in the game against the Stacks Goudkamp Bears for her team to walk away as champions by a score of 77–54. That season, she was named the league's Most Valuable 3 Point Player and a member of the 2012 All Star Five.
Chaplin played for the University of Illinois Wheelchair Basketball team in the country's first division. In 2006/07, she was coached by Mike Frogley, and was the team's starting point guard. Early in the 2006/07 season, her wheelchair broke and she had to play in one that was not hers. After three games played in the borrowed chair, she had bloody and bruised knees. She was named an All-American in the 2006/07 season.
Hub AI
Shelley Matheson AI simulator
(@Shelley Matheson_simulator)
Shelley Matheson
Shelley Matheson (née Chaplin) (born 4 September 1984) is an Australian 3.5-point player wheelchair basketball player. She participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where she won a silver medal; in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a second silver medal, a win she dedicated to her lifelong friend Shannon.
Chaplin began playing wheelchair basketball in 1999, after initially contemplating developing her archery skills, and made her debut in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) in 2000. She was part of the WNWBL championship Dandenong Rangers sides in 2011 and 2012. She was first selected for the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in 2001, and first represented Australia in 2002, winning a bronze medal as part of the team at the 2002 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. She played for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign wheelchair basketball team, and was named an All-American in the 2006/07 season. Her team won the national championships in 2009.
Nicknamed Chappers, Chaplin was born in Bendigo, Victoria, on 4 September 1984, with incomplete paraplegia. She grew up in Bendigo, and went to Girton Grammar School. In 2010, she graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation, Sport and Tourism.
After completing her studies at the University of Illinois Chaplin took up a position at Australian Broadcasting Corporation. At the ABC Chaplin was a Production Assistant on Adam Hills Tonight in 2013 and Spicks and Specks in 2014.
Chaplin is married Kieran Matheson and they have two children.
A 3.5-point player, Chaplin began playing wheelchair basketball in 1999. In financial year 2012/2013, the Australian Sports Commission gave her a A$20,000 grant as part of their Direct Athlete Support program. She received $20,000 in 2012/13, $17,000 in 2011/12 and 2010/11, $5,571.42 in 2009/10 and $5,200 in 2008/09.
Chaplin made her debut in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) in 2000 when she played for the Whittlesea Pacers. She played for the Dandenong Rangers in 2011 when her team won the WNWBL title, and in 2012 was the captain of the Victoria Dandenong Rangers. In a round four game against Sydney Uni Flames that the Rangers won 55–44, she scored 22 points. Her team qualified for the league finals, where she scored 16 points in the game against the Stacks Goudkamp Bears for her team to walk away as champions by a score of 77–54. That season, she was named the league's Most Valuable 3 Point Player and a member of the 2012 All Star Five.
Chaplin played for the University of Illinois Wheelchair Basketball team in the country's first division. In 2006/07, she was coached by Mike Frogley, and was the team's starting point guard. Early in the 2006/07 season, her wheelchair broke and she had to play in one that was not hers. After three games played in the borrowed chair, she had bloody and bruised knees. She was named an All-American in the 2006/07 season.
Recent media