Justin Frishberg
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Full name | Justin Leo Thomas Frishberg | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1972-03-17) 17 March 1972 (age 52) [1] | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Oxford[1] | ||||||||||||
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Justin Leo Thomas Frishberg (born 17 March 1972) is a male former British wheelchair rugby player.[2]
Personal life
Frishberg was educated at Abingdon School from 1985 until 1990 where he was a keen rugby and tennis player.[3] He then studied at Balliol College, Oxford.[4]
Wheelchair rugby career
Frishberg was part of the Great Britain team at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, and at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.[5] The team came in fourth place both times just failing to secure a bronze medal on both occasions after losing out to the United States and Canada respectively.[6]
He was appointed Assistant Coach to the British wheelchair rugby team in 2013, a position he held until the start of 2017.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "1972 Births". Free BMD.
- ^ "Paralympics profile". International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Tennis and Rugby round up" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "Oxonian Olympians". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Justin Frishberg's Beijing diary". BBC Sport. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Justin Frishberg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Justin Frishberg to stand down as Assistant Coach". Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby.
External links
- Justin Frishberg at the International Paralympic Committee
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