| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Robert Elliot |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | (1996-07-05)July 5, 1996 (age 29) Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.75 m (69 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Club | Rouge et Or/ Université Laval |
Medal record | |
Alexander Robert Elliot (born July 5, 1996) is a Canadian competitive Paralympic swimmer.[1]
Elliot began swimming at the age of seven years old with the Region of Waterloo Swim Club. After swimming for a year, he took three years off and pursued his interest in minor soccer. At the age of 12, he decided to return to competitive swimming.[2]
Elliot was born with a congenital hand and foot impairment,[1] calledSyndactyly, which qualified him for aPara-swimming classification ofS10, SB9 and SM10 disability classifications from theInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC). With this international classification, obtained in 2014,[1] he could compete for the Canadian National Para-Swim Team. His first international meet was thePan Pacific Para Swimming Championships competition, held inPasadena, California.
At these 2014Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships games in Pasadena, Elliot obtained three medals; silver in both the 400m freestyle S10 and the 100m butterfly S10; bronze in the 100m breaststroke SB9.[3]
In 2015 Elliot competed at two major international competitions; the2015 Parapan American Games held inToronto,Ontario; and the2015 IPC Swimming World Championships held inGlasgow, Scotland. At the Parapan American Games, he obtained five bronze medals in the400m freestyle S10, 100m butterfly S10, 100m backstroke S10, 100m breaststroke SB9, and the 200m individual medley SM10.[2] Elliot did not medal at the 2015 World Championships but did obtain five top-eight individual race finishes at the meet; 5th in the 100m backstroke S10, 6th in the 100m backstroke S10, and 7th place finishes in each of the 200m individual medley SM10 and the 100m freestyle S10. Additionally, Elliot contributed to two top-eight finishes for the Canadian relay teams; 5th place in the 4x100m medley relay and 6th place in the 4x100m freestyle relay.[2]
At the2016 Summer Paralympics held inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, Elliot competed in six individual events and one team relay; however, he did not win any medals at the event. He made finals in three of the individual events placing him, 4th in the100m butterfly S10, 7th in the100M backstroke S10, and 8th in the50m freestyle S10. The other individual events he competed in and his placings were: the100m breaststroke SB9 (10th),100m freestyle S10 (11th), and the400m freestyle S10 (11th). The Canadian team placed 7th in the34 point 4x100m medley relay which he was a team member of. That team set a Canadian record in the event.[3]
At the 2018Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships inCairns, Queensland, Australia, Elliot won three gold medals and one silver medal. Gold medals were won in the 100m backstroke S10, 100m butterfly S10, and the 200m individual medley SM10. The silver medal was in the 400m freestyle S10.[2]
At the2019 World Para Swimming Championships held inLondon, England, Elliot claimed his first career medal at worlds, bronze in the400-m freestyle S10.[4] He also reached the final in two other individual events, the200m individual medley SM10 placing 4th and the50m freestyle S10 placing 8th.[3]Elliot hopes his performance at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships will allow him to compete at the2020 Summer Paralympics, scheduled to held August 24 to September 5, 2021 inTokyo, Japan.[5]
