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| Full name | Justin Leo Thomas Frishberg | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 March 1972 [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]
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Justin Leo Thomas Frishberg (born 17 March 1972) is a male former British wheelchair rugby player. [2]
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]
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]
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