International Competition
2022 WWR Americas Championship
The WWR Americas Championship or WWR Americas Zone Championship is the Americas wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the Americas zone. The Americas Championship is a qualifying tournament for the WWR World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
- Event DatesMarch 6 - 13, 2022
- Venue / LocationMedellin, Columbia
- LinksWebsite
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Final
USA 54
V
CAN 50
Ivan de Bedout Arena
March 12, 2022 / 4:30 PM ET
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Semifinal
BRA 35
V
CAN 52
Ivan de Bedout Arena
March 12, 2022 / 9:30 AM ET
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Preliminary Round
CAN 61
V
CHL 31
Ivan de Bedout Arena
March 11, 2022 / 6:30 PM ET
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Preliminary Round
USA 47
V
CAN 51
Ivan de Bedout Arena
March 11, 2022 / 9:30 AM ET
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Preliminary Round
CAN 64
V
ARG 23
Ivan de Bedout Arena
March 10, 2022 / 4:30 PM ET
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Preliminary Round
COL 41
V
CAN 59
Ivan de Bedout Arena
March 9, 2022 / 7:00 PM ET
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Preliminary Round
CAN 57
V
BRA 33
Ivan de Bedout Arena
March 9, 2022 / 1:00 PM ET
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Anthony
Létourneau
Boisbriand, QC
Anthony Létourneau, who at the age of 17 became a quadriplegic as a result of a hockey accident, was introduced to wheelchair rugby in September 2014. Fol...
Athlete Profile
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Byron
Green
Victoria, BC
Like many athletes in British Columbia, Byron Green was recruited to wheelchair rugby by the sport’s creator, Duncan Campbell. Though he initially wasn...
Athlete Profile
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Cody
Caldwell
Peterborough, ON
Cody Caldwell started his wheelchair rugby career in 2008 after becoming a quadriplegic in a diving accident in Alberta. Just a week after his accident, he...
Athlete Profile
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Eric
Furtado-Rodrigues
Mississauga, ON
Eric Rodrigues-Furtado became a quadriplegic following a snowboarding accident in 2009. While recovering at a rehabilitation center in Ontario, he was intr...
Athlete Profile
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Matt
Debly
Windsor, ON
Matt Debly’s first interaction with the sport of wheelchair rugby came after he had competed at the 2015 Canada Games in wheelchair basketball. Having st...
Athlete Profile
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Mike
Whitehead
Windsor, ON
Before his spinal cord injury, Mike Whitehead was an avid multi-sport athlete who enjoyed basketball, volleyball, hockey, soccer, and badminton. He was int...
Athlete Profile
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Patrice
Dagenais
Embrun, ON
Patrice “Pico” Dagenais is the co-captain of Team Canada along with Trevor Hirschfield. He is known as a hard-working, intelligent player. Like many me...
Athlete Profile
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Patrice
Simard
Quebec City, QC
Paralympian Patrice Simard started playing wheelchair rugby back in 1997, following a spinal cord injury he sustained in a car accident.
Patrice’s athlet...
Athlete Profile
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Rio Kanda
Kovac
Toronto, ON
Rio is one of the youngest National Team members to dawn the red and white. Rio’s first introduction to Wheelchair rugby was at the 2015 Toronto Para-Pan...
Athlete Profile
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Shayne
Smith
Toronto, ON
Shayne Smith is a firm believer that life has no limits. At the young age of four, Shayne contracted a rare form of meningitis called meningococcal septice...
Athlete Profile
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Trevor
Hirschfield
Parksville, BC
Trevor Hirschfield is the co-captain of Team Canada and is considered to be one of the best low-point players in the world. He was originally introduced to...
Athlete Profile
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Zak
Madell
Okotoks, AB
When Zak Madell was 10, he lost his fingers and legs to a septic staph infection. After his recovery, Madell first got involved in sledge hockey, but he wa...
Athlete Profile
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