Date of birth | December 21, 1983 |
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Place of birth | Parksville, British Columbia, Canada |
Medal record | ||
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Men's wheelchair rugby | ||
Representing Canada | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2008 Beijing | Team competition | |
2012 London | Team competition | |
World Championships | ||
2010 Vancouver | Team competition | |
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.