Parksville athletes named to Team Canada for Paris Paralympics
PARKSVILLE — Two athletes from the Oceanside region will represent the country at the highest level.
Swimmer Nicholas Bennett and wheelchair rugby player Trevor Hirschfield were named to Team Canada for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, beginning Aug. 28.
Nicholas Bennett
Paris will mark the second Paralympics for Bennett (Tokyo 2020), and he is scheduled to contest the 200 metre freestyle, 200 metre individual medley and 100 metre breaststroke.
Bennett, 20, is coming off a stellar 2023 with gold medals at the world championships in the men’s 200 metre freestyle and the men’s 200 metre individual medley.