SIMARD Patrice

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	Mixed	2012	London, GBR
2	Mixed	2004	Athens, GRE
3	Mixed	2008	Beijing, CHN
4	Mixed	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	Mixed	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS
World Championships
1	Mixed	2002	Gothenburg, SWE
2	Mixed	2014	Odense, DEN
3	Mixed	2006	Christchurch, NZL
5	Mixed	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN
6	Mixed	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS

Pitbull, Ninja [both given to him by former teammate Daniel Paradis for his playing style]. (parasportsquebec.com, 30 Mar 2020; CDNParalympics, 26 Apr 2012)

Playing wheelchair tennis, spending time with family and friends. (wheelchairrugby.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

English, French

Patrick Cote [national], CAN

1999 for Canada (2014wrwc.dhif.dk, 2014)

In February 2017 he fractured his pelvis and suffered lacerations to the liver after being struck by a car in Phoenix, AZ, United States of America. It was nine months until he played again. (parasportsquebec.com, 30 Mar 2020, 08 Mar 2017)

He began playing wheelchair rugby in 1997 in Quebec, Canada. (parasportsquebec.com, 30 Mar 2020; paralympic.ca, 26 Apr 2012)

He was introduced to the sport while at a rehabilitation hospital. "When I sat down in a rugby chair, I loved the feeling of the chair, especially when rolling it, it was incredible. It was love at first sight." (paralympic.ca, 26 Apr 2012)

Beating the United States of America in the final of the 2002 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. (canadacupwcrugby.com, 19 Jan 2018)

"In rugby, it pays to be forceful, fast and aggressive." (paralympic.ca, 26 Apr 2012)

He was named Best 1.5 Class Player at the 2016 Canadian Championships in Montreal, Quebec, and the 2010 World Championships in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2016; sirc.ca, 30 May 2016)