Justin Frishberg

Justin Leo Thomas Frishberg (born 17 March 1972) is a male former British wheelchair rugby player.[2]

Justin Frishberg

Date of birth	17 March 1972 [1]
Place of birth	Oxford [1]

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]

References

1. "1972 Births". Free BMD.
2. "Paralympics profile". International Paralympic Committee.
3. "Tennis and Rugby round up" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
4. "Oxonian Olympians". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
5. "Justin Frishberg's Beijing diary". BBC Sport. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
6. Results for Justin Frishberg from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
7. "Justin Frishberg to stand down as Assistant Coach". Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby.

See also

• List of Old Abingdonians