A Primary School teacher by trade, Ella Sabljak is no stranger to education but nowadays she’s doing it on the court – as a member of the Australian Steelers wheelchair rugby team. Prior to taking up the sport in 2022, Ella was known for her exceptional skills on the basketball court with career highlights of qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and captaining Australia’s U25s team to a World Championship silver medal. Following the Commonwealth Games in 2022, where Ella competed in wheelchair basketball, she made the transition to rugby as a new and exciting challenge in her athletic …
Read MoreA Primary School teacher by trade, Ella Sabljak is no stranger to education but nowadays she’s doing it on the court – as a member of the Australian Steelers wheelchair rugby team.
Prior to taking up the sport in 2022, Ella was known for her exceptional skills on the basketball court with career highlights of qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and captaining Australia’s U25s team to a World Championship silver medal.
Following the Commonwealth Games in 2022, where Ella competed in wheelchair basketball, she made the transition to rugby as a new and exciting challenge in her athletic career.
Thrown into a Canberra team at the national championships in order to make up numbers in 2022, she hasn’t looked back.
Ella is classified as a 2.5 player and won her first world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States.
She is also a busy advocate for her sport, having been appointed by the Asia Oceania Zone to be their representative on the IWBF’s Athlete Steering Committee, whose task has been to establish an Athlete’s Commission.
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