Trevor Hirschfield Explained

Trevor Hirschfield
Birth Date:21 December 1983
Birth Place:Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
Repteam1:Canada

Trevor Hirschfield (born December 21, 1983)[1] is a Canadian Wheelchair rugby player, who participated Beijing, London, and Rio Paralympic Games. At 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 Lars Mertens.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trevor Hirschfield Canadian Paralympic Committee . paralympic.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928182750/http://paralympic.ca/trevor-hirschfield . 2015-09-28.
  2. News: Best of Vancouver 2010 communities: Athletes to artists, the disabled find their turf . Pieta Woolley . September 22, 2010 . December 11, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511093100/https://www.straight.com/news/best-vancouver-2010-communities-athletes-artists-disabled-find-their-turf . dead . May 11, 2013 .
  3. News: Trevor Hirschfield quietly leads wheelchair rugby team through London 2012 Paralympic Games . Gary Kingston . . September 6, 2012 . December 11, 2014.

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