Education
Chapman attended Loughborough University, where she also competed for the swimming team under head coach Ian Armiger.
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She competed internationally in freestyle and individual medley swimming events. She finished fourth in the 100 m freestyle from the Olympic trials in Sheffield, posting a relay entry time of 56.17. Teaming with Melanie Marshall, Karen Pickering and Kathryn Evans in the final, Chapman posted a lifetime best and a split of 55.49 to anchor the last 50 metres of the race.
She helped out the Brits to pull off a sixth-place effort in a final time of 3:40.82, almost 5 seconds behind the world record set by the winning Aussies.
Four months after competing in her first Olympics, Chapman earned her first career medal, a sterling silver, in the 100 m individual medley at the 2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Vienna, Austria (1:0088). On 7 November 2005 Chapman made her decision to retire from swimming, and instead pursued coaching opportunities around the pool.
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Chapman qualified for the women"s 4×100 m freestyle relay, as a member of Team Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
