East Texan Jeff Chapman has had a rope in his hand since age 4. He won several youth rodeo championships, including the National High School Rodeo Finals in calf roping in 1989. He received his PRCA card in 1990 and qualified for the National Finals five times, with six go-round wins in his career. In 1997, he set the arena record at the National Finals in the 9th go-round with a time of 6.8 seconds. Jeff qualified for the Canadian National Finals five times and won the Canadian World Championship in 2005. He also won the Calgary Stampede in 1997 and 2008, and many PRCA rodeos, including Dodge City, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas (twice); San Francisco; Jackson, Mississippi; Napa, Idaho (twice); and several others.
