HIRSCHFIELD Trevor

Wheelchair Rugby

Date of Birth: 21 Dec 1983

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: LANGLEY, BC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : PARKSVILLE, BC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Rugby	Mixed CAN Canada	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group B #03 GBR Great Britain 50 CAN Canada 47	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group B #05 CAN Canada 54 USA United States 58	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group B #12 NZL New Zealand 36 CAN Canada 51	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - 5th-6th classification #16 FRA France 49 CAN Canada 57	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	Mixed	2012	London, GBR
3	Mixed	2008	Beijing, CHN
4	Mixed	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
2	Mixed	2014	Odense, DEN
3	Mixed	2006	Christchurch, NZL
5	Mixed	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN
6	Mixed	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS

T-Bone (vancouversun.com, 09 May 2012)

Occupation:

Coach, Public Speaker

Marketing - Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada

Wife Lisa, children Kohen and Oakley

Languages spoken:

Patrick Cote [national], CAN

Position style:

Back (wheelchairrugby.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

Sporting relatives:

His father Bobby has served as equipment manager for the Canadian national wheelchair rugby team. (cbc.ca, 07 Aug 2015)

He first tried wheelchair rugby in 2001 at a Have-a-Go Day in Victoria, BC, Canada. (cbc.ca, 30 May 2016)

He was introduced to wheelchair rugby by the sport's co-creator Duncan Campbell. "He is the reason why I'm playing. When I went to rehab he was the guy who kept calling. I wasn't ready to try the sport. He said, 'You have to try the sport'. So I tried it, hit somebody and instantly fell in love with the sport." (cbc.ca, 30 May 2016)

His parents. (cbc.ca, 30 May 2016)

He was named the Best 1.0 Class Player at the 2016 Canada Cup, the 2016 Canadian Division One Championships, and the 2014 World Championships in Odense, Denmark. (iwrf.com, 26 Jun 2016; sirc.ca, 30 May 2016; 2014wrwc.dhif.dk, 11 Aug 2014)

In 2015 he received the Athlete with an Impairment of the Year award for a second time from Sport British Columbia in Canada. (cwsa.ca, 2015)

He was named the Athlete of the Month for August 2015 by the International Paralympic Committee [IPC]. (paralympic.org, 2015)

He was named the 2010 Male Athlete of the Year by the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association. (wn.com, 08 May 2012)

General Interest

Classification
1.0 (paralympic.ca, 19 Sep 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (cbc.ca, 30 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (cbc.ca, 30 May 2016)

Impairment Details
At age 16 he broke his C5 and C6 vertebrae after the van he was driving slid down an embankment on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. He had pulled over on a logging road to let another vehicle pass when the van slid on the soft ground. He was paralysed from the neck down. (cbc.ca, 30 May 2016)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has coached Canadian wheelchair rugby player Brandon Perger and in 2020 received a Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence [FACE] grant to support his work with Perger. He has served as a board member for athlete representative organisation AthletesCAN in Canada. He has also co-hosted a web series called 'Wheelchair Rugby Talk with Trav n' Trev' alongside Canadian wheelchair rugby teammate Travis Murao. (paralympic.ca, 19 Sep 2020; athletescan.com, 01 Sep 2016; tv-eh.com, 29 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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