Steven Elliott

Steven Elliot
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995
Sport
Position Point guard
Disability class 4.0
Medal record
World Championship
2018 HamburgTeam

Steven Elliott (born 22 February 1995) is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia.

Biography

Elliott was born on 22 February 1995.[1] He contracted transverse myelitis.[2] in 2018, he is studying Sports Studies degree at the University of the Sunshine Coast. [3]

He took up wheelchair basketball at fourteen. [1]Elliott was a member of the Spinners, the Australian under-23 wheelchair basketball team that won the bronze medal at the world championships in Toronto, Canada.[4] In 2018, he was a member of the Rollers that won the bronze medal at 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany. [5]

He is a member of Queensland Spinning Bullets in the National Wheelchair Basketball League. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Steven Elliott". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Uni SEEDS are growing para-athletes". Sunshine Coast Times. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "USC wheelchair basketballer selected for Australia". University of the Sunshine Coast website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "USC gun Steven Elliott shoots for the stars after team's world title success". Gympie Times. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Rollers earn bronze at the 2018 World Championships". Basketball Australia website. Retrieved 28 August 2018.


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