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 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Eliason | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Richard Eliason | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 April 1988 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S14, SB14, SM14 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard Eliason (born 8 April 1988) is an Australian swimmer. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. He has an intellectual disability and was among the first intellectually disabled athletes to compete in the Paralympics after the 2000 Summer Paralympics intellectual disability controversy. While he did not receive a medal at the Games, he placed 5th in the final. He is a recipient of the Service to Australian Swim Team award.