17 Facts About Madeleine Chapman

Madeleine Chapman is a former athlete, competing as a member of the Samoa women's national cricket team and as a New Zealand domestic champion javelin thrower.

Madeleine Chapman's father was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, while her mother grew up on Upolu in Samoa.

Madeleine Chapman has Tuvaluan heritage through her maternal grandfather, and Chinese heritage through her great-grandfather.

Madeleine Chapman has nine siblings, and was an avid reader as a child.

Madeleine Chapman received a scholarship to attend Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington, where she competed in basketball, athletics and cricket events.

From 2010 to 2013, Madeleine Chapman played cricket professionally for the Wellington Blaze.

In 2012, Madeleine Chapman joined the Samoa women's national cricket team, playing seven rounds in the 2012 Pepsi ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Trophy and topping the batting leader board for the competition.

Madeleine Chapman attended the New Zealand Athletics Championships in 2013, winning two gold medals for the javelin throw.

Madeleine Chapman returned to athletics competitions in late 2016 and 2017.

At the Porritt Classic in 2017, Madeleine Chapman was the champion women's javelin thrower.

At the 2017 New Zealand national championships, Madeleine Chapman won a gold medal with a career-best javelin throw of 50.98 metres, outcompeting national champion Tori Peeters at the competition.

Madeleine Chapman received a scholarship to attend the University of Auckland, where she studied education.

In 2016, Madeleine Chapman became a staff writer for online magazine The Spinoff, beginning as an intern.

Madeleine Chapman had known Adams since childhood, as both had played in Wellington regional high school basketball competitions.

In 2018, Madeleine Chapman won the Young Business Journalist of the Year award at the New Zealand Shareholders' Association's 2018 Business Journalism Awards, and the best opinion writer award at the 2019 Voyager Media Awards.

Madeleine Chapman left The Spinoff as a writer in early 2020, taking a break from journalism.

In late 2021, Madeleine Chapman became the co-editor of The Spinoff, alongside long time Spinoff staff writer Alex Casey.