Background
Eliason was born on 8 April 1988 with an intellectual disability and is from Flynn, Australian Capital Territory.
Eliason was born on 8 April 1988 with an intellectual disability and is from Flynn, Australian Capital Territory.
He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. He did not medal at the 2012 Games. In December 2011 during his preparation for the national selection trials for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Eliason was injured in a motorbike accident, preventing him from training for two months.
Some of his Games preparation took place at the Canberra International Sports & Aquatic Centre.
Given his motorbike accident, his coaches advised him to take the bus from place to place and to avoid using his bike until after the Paralympics. Eliason is an SB14 classified swimmer, and is coached by Cameron Gledhill at his club venue Canberra International Sports & Aquatic Centre.
As of 2012, he had a swimming scholarship with the Australian Capital Territory Academy of Sport. He started competitive swimming in 2001.
At the Brisbane hosted 2006 Australian national titles, he placed in the top three in the 400 metres freestyle multi-disability event.
He competed in the Global Games again in 2009, where he earned a pair of gold and silver medals, and three bronze medals. Paralympics
In July 2012, Eliason was formally selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the men"s 100 metres breaststroke event in the intellectual disability classification, which had been excluded since the 2000 Summer Paralympics intellectual disability controversy. He placed 5th in the final.
He did not medal at the 2012 Games. bests.
He was a member of the Australian team competing at the Dutch hosted 2011 IPC World Championships.