athletics competitor rugby union player
He was part of the winning 4 × 100 m relay team At the 1986, competing for Scotland, he was a finalist in the 100 metres and finished 5th. His personal best in the 100 metres was 10.20 seconds.
Elliot was coached throughout his career by Bob Inglis.
He later played rugby for Livingston R.F.C. and Heriots Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He also made a Rugby sevens|sevens appearance, playing for a Scottish select side at the Selkirk sevens.
He competed for Scotland at the 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games, winning a Bronze medal in the sprint relay team competition in 1986. He competed for Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics and won a Silver medal as part of the sprint relay team He won the AAAs Junior championships in 1984 and 1985. He was also a Scottish 100 metre champion in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1993. He won two Scottish 60 metre indoor titles in 1992 and 1993. In 1985 he became the first athlete to have won sprint titles in successive weeks at Scottish schools, junior and senior levels. Elliot won two Gold medals competing for Great Britain at the 1985 European Athletics Junior Championships in Cottbus (at that time East Germany). He won the 100m (1038sec - + 06) beating Endre Havas of Hungary with John Regis of Great Britain third. He was a AAAs Indoor 60 metre champion in 1987. He won a Bronze medal as part of the team that won the 4 x 100 metre relay. He competed for Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South of Korea in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates John Regis, Mike McFarlane and Linford Christie.
