Jason Ellery

{{short description|Australian wheelchair rugby player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jason Ellery | image = | caption = | national_team = Australia (2013–present) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1986|5|30}} | birth_place = | country = Australia | sport = Wheelchair rugby | disability_class = 3.0 |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry|Australia}} {{MedalSport|Wheelchair rugby}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2014 Odense|Mixed}} }}

'''Jason Ellery''' is an Australian wheelchair rugby player.

Ellery was born on 30 May 1986 and lives in Narre Warren, Victoria.<ref name=vis>{{cite web|title=Jason Ellery |url=http://www.vis.org.au/item/jason-ellery.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140827084908/http://www.vis.org.au/item/jason-ellery.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2014 |website=Victorian Institute of Sport website |accessdate=27 August 2014 }}</ref> He broke his neck in a snowboarding accident in Canada on Anzac Day in 2011. He took up wheelchair rugby after months of rehabilation.<ref name=berwick/> 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.<ref name=berwick>{{cite news|last1=Prior|first1=Cherry|title=Custom wheelchair has quadraplegic Narre Warren athlete in the seat of success|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/custom-wheelchair-has-quadraplegic-narre-warren-athlete-in-the-seat-of-success/story-fngnvmhm-1226758158206?nk=3095ee618d8caa3e5e48079e13115685|accessdate=27 August 2014|work=Berwick Leader|date=12 November 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref name=iwrf2014>{{cite web|title=Australia wins first ever IWRF World Championship|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/australia-wins-first-ever-iwrf-world-championship|website=Australian Paralympic Committee News, 11 August 2014|accessdate=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827132931/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/australia-wins-first-ever-iwrf-world-championship|archive-date=27 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014, he is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.<ref name=vis/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellery, Jason}} Category:Australian wheelchair rugby players Category:Living people Category:1986 births Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Category:People from Narre Warren Category:Sportspeople from Melbourne Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen