Jason Ellery
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| Born | 30 May 1986 | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby | ||||||||||||
| Disability class | 3.0 | ||||||||||||
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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. [2] 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]
References
- 1 2 "Jason Ellery". Victorian Institute of Sport website. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- 1 2 Prior, Cherry (12 November 2013). "Custom wheelchair has quadraplegic Narre Warren athlete in the seat of success". Berwick Leader. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Australia wins first ever IWRF World Championship". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 11 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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