Chippington has represented Great Britain at five consecutive Summer Paralympics, 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
Competing as a S6 classification swimmer she favoured mainly 50 m and 100m freestyle competitions.
After retiring from swimming Chippington returned to disability sport, becoming a world class paracanoeist, winning medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships between 2012 and 2017.