Jason Ellery Explained

Jason Ellery
National Team:Australia (2013–present)
Birth Date:1986 5, df=y
Country:Australia
Sport:Wheelchair rugby
Disability Class:3.0

Jason Ellery is an Australian wheelchair rugby player.

Ellery was born on 30 May 1986 and lives in Narre Warren, Victoria.[1] He broke his neck in a snowboarding accident in Canada on Anzac Day in 2011. He took up wheelchair rugby after months of rehabilation. He made his Australian Steelers debut in 2013. The Lions Club of Endeavour Hills purchased for him a custom-built wheelchair valued at about $6500 so that he could pursue his wheelchair rugby career.[2] He was a member of the Australian team that won its first world championship gold medal at the 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships at Odense, Denmark.[3] In 2014, he is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jason Ellery . https://archive.today/20140827084908/http://www.vis.org.au/item/jason-ellery.html . dead . 27 August 2014 . Victorian Institute of Sport website . 27 August 2014 .
  2. News: Prior. Cherry. Custom wheelchair has quadraplegic Narre Warren athlete in the seat of success. 27 August 2014. Berwick Leader. 12 November 2013.
  3. Web site: Australia wins first ever IWRF World Championship. Australian Paralympic Committee News, 11 August 2014. 27 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140827132931/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/australia-wins-first-ever-iwrf-world-championship. 27 August 2014. dead.