▁employ ment ▁offices , ▁cultural ▁out re ach , ▁community ▁justice ▁programs ▁and ▁schools . ▁ ▁Basketball ▁career ▁For ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁ 1 8 - year ▁career , ▁Peter ▁was ▁a ▁senior ▁member ▁of ▁Canada ’ s ▁National ▁W heel ch air ▁Basketball ▁team . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁Peter ’ s ▁second ▁year ▁with ▁the ▁team , ▁Canada ▁came ▁in ▁fifth ▁in ▁the ▁Atlanta ▁Par al ym p ics . ▁Peter ▁helped ▁lead ▁Canada ▁to ▁gold ▁in ▁three ▁Par al ym pic ▁Games , ▁the ▁first ▁being ▁Sydney ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁then ▁Ath ens ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁finally , ▁London ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁Peter ▁fell ▁short ▁of ▁a ▁gold ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁when ▁the ▁Canadian ▁national ▁team ▁was ▁defeated ▁by ▁Australia . ▁He ▁and ▁the ▁team ▁won ▁the ▁world ▁championship ▁title ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁British ▁Columbia ’ s ▁provincial ▁team , ▁which ▁has ▁won ▁five ▁consecutive ▁national ▁champion ships . ▁He ▁spent ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁playing ▁semi - pro ▁wheel ch air ▁basketball ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁Italy . ▁Peter ▁had ▁also ▁won ▁ ▁a ▁national ▁title ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Richard ▁Peter ▁retired ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 4 0 , ▁after ▁an ▁ 1 8 - year ▁career ▁spent ▁representing ▁his ▁country ▁in ▁international ▁and ▁Par al