Steven Elliott

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Steven Elliot
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 28)
Sport
Position Point guard
Disability class 4.0
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Hamburg Team

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

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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]

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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.