Jason Ellery
Australian wheelchair rugby player
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Jason Ellery is an Australian wheelchair rugby player.
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| National team | Australia (2013–present) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1986 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
