*** Welcome to piglix ***

Trevor Hirschfield

Trevor Hirschfield
Date of birth (1983-12-21) December 21, 1983 (age 33)
Place of birth Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
Medal record
Men's wheelchair rugby
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2014 Odense Team competition

Trevor Hirschfield (born December 21, 1983) is a Canadian Wheelchair rugby player, who participated at Beijing, Vancouver, and London 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. During the 2012 Summer Paralympics his team won 58-50 over Belgium with Hirschfield toppling their star Lars Mertens.



...
Wikipedia

...