HIRTH Trevor

Date of Birth: 29 Feb 1984

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 6

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 AUS Australia	5
	Men's Singles - Class 6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group D #4 AUS HIRTH THIRTH Trevor Sport Class: 6 1 ROU SIMION BSIMION Bobi Sport Class: 6 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group D #15 GBR KARABARDAK PKARABARDAK Paul Sport Class: 6 3 AUS HIRTH THIRTH Trevor Sport Class: 6 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 Quarterfinal 3 #4 GBR Great Britain 2 AUS Australia 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
5	Team - Class 8	2014	Beijing, CHN
11	Team - Class 8	2017	Bratislava, SVK
13	Singles - Class 6	2018	Lasko, SLO
13	Singles - Class 6	2014	Beijing, CHN

Necrohammer, The Class 6 Messi (cdn.revolutionise.com.au, 01 Jan 2019)

Playing bass guitar. (cdn.revolutionise.com.au, 01 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Motivational Speaker

Languages spoken:

Braybrook and Maribyrnong Community Youth and Table Tennis Club [Melbourne, VIC, AUS]

Left (cdn.revolutionise.com.au, 01 Jan 2019)

He took up table tennis at age 12 and began competing in Para table tennis at age 29. (pickstar.pro, 01 Mar 2021; the-riotact.com, 05 May 2018)

"Table tennis was always a hobby for me, and I started to play in the backyard on a table that my grandpa made. Once I played in a club down in the western suburbs of Melbourne [Australia], the competitiveness started flowing when I was a teenager. I always played competitively but it was social and I never trained or got coaching and I was pretty much self-taught. I was playing at a local club in Melbourne and an ex-Paralympian table tennis player [Mick Tomlinson] came up to me and said, 'Hey mate, you should try out for the Australian team'. I didn't really know too much about it [Para table tennis], I wasn't sure if my disability sort of qualified me, and he encouraged me to play the Australian Open. I managed to win it and that sort of got me into the Australian team." (ittf.com, 29 Oct 2018; the-riotact.com, 05 May 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (LinkedIn profile, 10 Mar 2021)

General Interest

Classification
TT6 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (cdn.revolutionise.com.au, 01 Jan 2019)

Impairment Details
At age two he was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder that causes weakness in all four limbs. His right leg is also two centimetres shorter than his left leg. "The way my disability affects me the most is my balance, so I play a shot and then I have to regain my position which is the thing that is most hard for me. But as part of my daily life activities, it doesn't really hold me back from doing stuff." (cdn.revolutionise.com.au, 01 Jan 2019; the-riotact.com, 05 May 2018; pickstar.pro, 01 Mar 2021)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In February 2021 he was elected chair of the Oceania Table Tennis Federation [ITTF-Oceania]. He has also been a member of the International Table Tennis Federation [ITTF] athletes' commission since 2018. (ittfoceania.com, 21 Feb 2021; Instagram profile, 05 Apr 2021; ittf.com, 29 Oct 2018)

CHARITY WORK
In 2017 he shaved off eight years' worth of hair and beard growth, raising 1000 Australian dollars for three charities. "The money is certainly going to be well-spent by these organisations, giving children with disability the opportunity to play sport and join in some amazing recreational activities." (dsr.org.au, 01 Aug 2017)

MUSICIAN
He plays bass guitar in a thrash metal band called Diabolical Demon Director. "Thrash metal from the 80s, similar to early Metallica. I play bass, and I'm the driver for the band. I'm the only one with a car." (Twitter profile, 09 Apr 2021; Kimmy Mackenzie YouTube channel, 25 Mar 2017; MTTA Newsletter, 01 May 2016; tabletennis.org.au, 01 Jan 2014)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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