RODRIGUES Eric

Wheelchair Rugby

Date of Birth: 7 May 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 0.5

Place of birth: TORONTO, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : MISSISSAUGA, ON

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
World Championships
6	Mixed	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS

E-Rod (Twitter profile, 06 Aug 2021; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Photography, music, supporting Canadian baseball team the Toronto Blue Jays and Canadian basketball team the Toronto Raptors. (paralympic.ca, 01 Mar 2020; wheelchairrugby.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Physical Education - Castelo Branco University, Portugal

Languages spoken:

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Toronto Titans [Canada]

Patrick Cote [national], CAN; Garett Hickling; Dave Willsie

Position style:

Back (wheelchairrugby.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

2017 for Canada Against United States of America, Three Nations Tournament in Birmingham, AL, United States (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He needed a year and a half of recovery due to a tracheoesophageal fistula [an abnormal connection between the oesophagus and the trachea]. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He was introduced to wheelchair rugby at a rehabilitation centre in Ontario, Canada. He then took up the sport through the Ontario Para Network in 2011 in Toronto, ON, Canada. (paralympic.ca, 01 Mar 2020; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He was inspired after watching 'Murderball', a documentary film about wheelchair rugby, during his rehabilitation. "When I saw it on a computer, that sparked a flame for me. My emphasis was on being more independent and I had to learn how to do things all over again. I was committed and worked very hard." (csiontario.ca, 19 Nov 2020; paralympic.ca, 01 Mar 2020)

"[To] leave this world a better place than it was when I came into it." (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He trains three times a week at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in Canada, and five times a week at home. (csiontario.ca, 19 Nov 2020)

Winning a silver medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Coaches Garett Hickling and Dave Willsie. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He always puts his right glove on first. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Struggle and strife come before success, even in the dictionary." (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He was named 2017 Ontario Male Para Athlete of the Year in Canada. (csiontario.ca, 19 Nov 2020; wheelchairrugby.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

Classification
0.5 (wheelchairrugby.ca, 28 Jul 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (paralympic.ca, 01 Mar 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.ca, 01 Mar 2020)

Impairment Details
He has quadriplegia as a result of a snowboarding accident in 2009 while on holiday with friends in Spain. He fell 130 metres off a cliff, sustaining a neck fracture, a broken femur and a punctured lung, while he also had pneumonia and was in an induced coma for three months. (csiontario.ca, 19 Nov 2020; paralympic.ca, 01 Mar 2020)

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Legend

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

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