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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Frick > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Frick.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Frick > Source revision: 1259209922 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian wheelchair basketball coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = red |name = Tim Frick |image =File:Tim Frick.jpg |imagesize = |caption = |fullname = |nicknames = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|11|23|df=y}} |birth_place = [Aldershot](/source/Aldershot%2C_England), England, United Kingdom |death_date = |death_place = |country = Canada |disability_class = |height = {{convert|5|ft|10|in}} |residence = |collegeteam = | sport = Wheelchair basketball | event = Women's team | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|[Wheelchair basketball](/source/Wheelchair_basketball)}} {{MedalCompetition|[Paralympic Games](/source/Paralympic_Games)}} {{MedalGold|[1992 Barcelona](/source/1992_Summer_Paralympics)|[Women's wheelchair basketball](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Paralympics)}} {{MedalGold|[1996 Atlanta](/source/1996_Summer_Paralympics)|[Women's wheelchair basketball](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Paralympics)}} {{MedalGold|[2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics)|[Women's wheelchair basketball](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics)}} {{MedalBronze|[2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Paralympics)|[Women's wheelchair basketball](/source/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics)}} {{MedalCompetition|[Wheelchair Basketball World Championship](/source/Wheelchair_Basketball_World_Championship)}} {{MedalGold|[1994 World Championships](/source/1994_Wheelchair_Basketball_World_Championship)|Women's wheelchair basketball}} {{MedalGold|[1998 World Championships](/source/1998_Wheelchair_Basketball_World_Championship)|Women's wheelchair basketball}} {{MedalGold|[2002 World Championships](/source/2002_Wheelchair_Basketball_World_Championship)|Women's wheelchair basketball}} {{MedalGold|[2006 World Championships](/source/2006_Wheelchair_Basketball_World_Championship)|Women's wheelchair basketball}} {{MedalBronze|[1990 World Championships](/source/1990_Wheelchair_Basketball_World_Championship)|Women's wheelchair basketball}} }} '''Timothy J. C. Frick''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OBC}} (born 23 November 1952) is a Canadian [wheelchair basketball](/source/wheelchair_basketball) coach who coached the Canadian women's team to three consecutive [Summer Paralympic Games](/source/Summer_Paralympic_Games) gold medals, in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and four consecutive [World Wheelchair Basketball Championship](/source/World_Wheelchair_Basketball_Championship) titles, in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. He was inducted into the Wheelchair Basketball Canada Hall of Fame in 2012, the [Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Paralympic_Committee) in 2013, [Canada's Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Canada's_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) in 2014 and induction into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. ==Biography== Tim Frick was born in Aldershot, England on 23 November 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLwy-yHUC29ESM6K-vWgX2oTZopTfKXJrq&feature=player_embedded&v=SqmtHcDmC0Q |title=2013 Hall of Fame – Tim Frick – Coach |publisher=Canadian Paralympic Committee |accessdate=25 June 2014}} He graduated from the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) with a [Bachelor of Physical Education](/source/Bachelor_of_Physical_Education) degree in [kinesiology](/source/kinesiology) in 1975. While there, he was part of the university's volleyball team.{{cite web |url=http://kin.educ.ubc.ca/tim-frick/ |title=Tim Frick |publisher=[University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) |accessdate=25 June 2014 }} As a student he met [Rick Hansen](/source/Rick_Hansen), and was his coach from 1977 to 1984. He also coached [Terry Fox](/source/Terry_Fox) in volleyball and [track and field athletics](/source/track_and_field_athletics) from 1977 to 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.ca/canadian-paralympic-hall-fame/inductees/tim-frick-coach|title=Tim Frick, coach|publisher=Canadian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=25 June 2014}} In 1990, Frick became head coach of the Canadian women's national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Tim_Frick.aspx |title=Tim Frick |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |accessdate=25 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140625221546/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/Tim_Frick.aspx |archivedate=25 June 2014 }} He was only expecting to stay for a year, but what followed was an extraordinary run of success for the national team. They won three consecutive [Summer Paralympic Games](/source/Summer_Paralympic_Games) gold medals at the [1992 Summer Paralympics](/source/1992_Summer_Paralympics) in Barcelona, the [1996 Summer Paralympics](/source/1996_Summer_Paralympics) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) and the [2000 Summer Paralympics](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), and four consecutive [World Wheelchair Basketball Championship](/source/World_Wheelchair_Basketball_Championship) titles in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. He was also assistant coach of Team BC men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams in 1996, and then became head coach of the Douglas College Royals and the BC Breakers in 1997. 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](/source/2014_Women's_World_Wheelchair_Basketball_Championship) that was held in [Toronto](/source/Toronto) in June 2014.{{cite web |url=http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/connect/meet-the-broadcast-team |title=Meet the Broadcast Team |publisher=Wheelchair Basketball Canada |accessdate=25 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714112827/http://2014wheelchairbasketball.com/connect/meet-the-broadcast-team |archivedate=14 July 2014 }} 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 [Canada 125 Medal](/source/Canada_125_Medal) in 1992, the [Order of British Columbia](/source/Order_of_British_Columbia) medal in 1999, the [Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal](/source/Queen's_Golden_Jubilee_Medal) in 2002, and the [Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Diamond_Jubilee_Medal) in 2013. He was inducted into the Wheelchair Basketball Canada Hall of Fame in 2012, the Basketball BC Hall of fame and the [Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Paralympic_Committee) in 2013, and [Canada's Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Canada's_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) in 2014. He was also inducted into the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the women's team in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2007. He won the Coaching Association of Canada's Coaching Excellence Award seven times, in 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004 and 2006, and received the Coaching Association of Canada's Jack Donohue Coach of the Year Award in 2008, and its Geoff Gowan Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. In 2016, Frick was inducted into the [Canadian Disability Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Disability_Hall_of_Fame).{{cite web|title=Previous Hall of Fame Inductees|url=https://www.cfpdp.com/previous-hall-of-fame-inductees/|website=Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons|accessdate=5 January 2018}} The "Tim Frick Paralympic Coach Excellence Award" was created in his honour by the [Canadian Paralympic Committee](/source/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.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.ca/news-and-events/news/new-paralympic-coach-excellence-award-named-after-wheelchair-basketball-canada |title=New Paralympic Coach Excellence Award Named After Wheelchair Basketball Canada Coach Tim Frick |date=16 October 2010 |first=Jody |last=Kingsbury |accessdate=25 June 2014 |publisher=Canadian Paralympic Committee }} It was awarded to Jerry Tonello, the Canadian men's wheelchair basketball coach, in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://csiontario.ca/home/fr/wheelchair-basketball-in-the-spotlight-at-canadian-paralympic-hall-of-fame-sport-awards/ |title=Wheelchair Basketball in Spotlight at Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame & Sport Awards |date=13 May 2013 |publisher=Canadian Sports Institute |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162414/http://csiontario.ca/home/fr/wheelchair-basketball-in-the-spotlight-at-canadian-paralympic-hall-of-fame-sport-awards/ |archivedate=14 July 2014 }} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLwy-yHUC29ESM6K-vWgX2oTZopTfKXJrq&feature=player_embedded&v=SqmtHcDmC0Q 2013 Hall of Fame – Tim Frick – Coach on Youtube] {{Portal bar|Biography|Canada|Sports}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frick, Tim}} Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian Disability Hall of Fame Category:Members of the Order of British Columbia Category:Members of the Order of Canada Category:Paralympic coaches for Canada Category:Paralympic wheelchair basketball coaches Category:People from Parksville, British Columbia Category:Sportspeople from British Columbia Category:UBC Thunderbirds men's volleyball players Category:University of British Columbia alumni Category:Wheelchair basketball coaches Category:People from the Capital Regional District --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tim Frick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Frick) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Frick?action=history)). 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