Trevor Hirschfield
| Date of birth | December 21, 1983 |
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| Place of birth | Parksville, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Men's wheelchair rugby | ||
Representing  Canada
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| Paralympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Team competition |
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2012 London | Team competition |
| 4th | 2016 London | Team competition |
| World Championships | ||
| 6th | Team competition | |
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2014 Odense | Team competition |
| 6th | 2018 Sydney | Team competition |
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Trevor Hirschfield (born December 21, 1983)[1] is a Canadian Wheelchair rugby player, who participated Beijing, London, and Rio Paralympic Games. He was born as an able-bodied person, but by the age of 16, after a traffic accident where his van went over a cliff, he was paralyzed below the neck.[2] During the 2012 Summer Paralympics his team won 58–50 over Belgium with Hirschfield toppling their star .[3]
References[]
- ^ http://paralympic.ca/trevor-hirschfield
- ^ Pieta Woolley (September 22, 2010). "Best of Vancouver 2010 communities: Athletes to artists, the disabled find their turf". Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ Gary Kingston (September 6, 2012). "Trevor Hirschfield quietly leads wheelchair rugby team through London 2012 Paralympic Games". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
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