Tim Frick
Aldershot, England, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair basketball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Timothy J. C. Frick
Biography
Tim Frick was born in Aldershot, England on November 23, 1952.[1] He moved to Sudbury, Ontario, Canada with his family when he was 4, and then to Parksville, BC. Canada at age 12.
(ref: Tim Frick 2015 Presentation) He coached a team of six-year-old soccer players when he was only twelve years old.
In 1990, Frick became head coach of the Canadian women's national team.
After retiring as a coach in 2009, Frick became a sportscaster, providing webcast commentary for the Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship that Canada hosted in 2011, and the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship that was held in Toronto in June 2014.[5]
One of his many hobbies include, woodworking and Sea Kayaking the Salish Sea of the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia.
Awards and honours
Frick has won numerous awards, including the
The "Tim Frick Paralympic Coach Excellence Award" was created in his honour by the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC). A biannual award presented to a Paralympic Games coach, it is voted for by the CPC Coaches Council, and announced at the CPC Congress banquet following the Summer or Winter Paralympic Games.[7] It was awarded to Jerry Tonello, the Canadian men's wheelchair basketball coach, in 2012.[8]
References
- ^ a b "2013 Hall of Fame – Tim Frick – Coach". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ "Tim Frick". University of British Columbia. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ "Tim Frick, coach". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Tim Frick". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ "Meet the Broadcast Team". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ "Previous Hall of Fame Inductees". Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Kingsbury, Jody (October 16, 2010). "New Paralympic Coach Excellence Award Named After Wheelchair Basketball Canada Coach Tim Frick". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ "Wheelchair Basketball in Spotlight at Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame & Sport Awards". Canadian Sports Institute. May 13, 2013. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.