Trevor Hirth Explained

Trevor Hirth
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Nickname:Necrohammer
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:1984 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Melbourne
Country:Australia
Sport:Table Tennis
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Trevor Hirth (born 29 February 1984) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics ans has been selected for 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Hirth was born on 29 February 1984.[2] He has lived with a neuro-muscular disability since birth.[3] His right leg is two centimeters shorter than his left, and his disability affects his power and strength and weakens his grip on the bat.[4] In 2021, he lives in Avondale Heights, Victoria.[5] He works as a Disability Awareness Educator and Smash Down Barriers Technical Expert.

Table tennis

He is classified as a C6 Para-table tennis player. Hirth was introduced to table tennis as a child, playing on a makeshift table his grandfather had built and set up in the carport of his family home. He was 29-years-old when he was spotted by an ex-Paralympic table tennis player at his local club and was told that he should try out for the Australian team.

He has won the Australian Championships in his class six times.

Hirth has won ten international medals, including gold at the 2013 and 2017 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships. He has competed at three World Championships - 2014, 2017 and 2018.[6]

Since 2018 he has been an International Table Tennis Federation Athletes' Commission Member.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he lost two matches in the Men's Individual C6 and with Jake Ballestrino lost in the quarter-finals of Men's Team C6-7.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5 July 2021. Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork'. 5 July 2021. Paralympics Australia.
  2. Web site: Trevor Hirth. 5 July 2021. Paralympics Australia.
  3. News: Kearney. Aron. 17 July 2018. Trevor's table tennis tricks and tales inspire inclusion. ABC International Development. 5 July 2021.
  4. News: Roberts. Lachlan. 5 May 2018. From a kid in Melbourne to Australian table tennis representative – the rise of Trevor Hirth. The RIOTACT!. 5 July 2021.
  5. News: 31 May 2021. Paralympic Games beckon for Hirth. The Star Weekly. 5 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Trevor Shaves it All Off for a Good Cause. 5 July 2021. Disability Sport and Recreayion Victoria.
  7. Web site: Trevor Hirth. 27 September 2021. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 27 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210927002405/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1305149-hirth-trevor.htm. dead.