Ellia Green Biography – Ellia Green Wiki
Ellia Green is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. He was formerly a member of the Australia rugby sevens team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He also played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRLW. He began Little Athletics at the age of six and excelled in sprinting. He spent 10 years in athletics, representing Australia in the 100m, 200m, and long jump at the World Junior Championships until his cousins convinced him to try rugby sevens. Initially playing for Warringah at the club level and going on to debut for Australia in February 2013.
Green scored an 80-meter try against Canada in the three-match exhibition series at the Gold Coast Sevens, a match broadcast live on Fox Sports. Within four hours, the try had been viewed over 200,000 times on the IRB Sevens World Series Facebook page. He was recruited by the Australian Rugby Sevens program after attending a Pathway to Gold Talent ID camp in Melbourne in 2012. Green was a sprinter, having previously represented Australia in athletics at the World School Games in Qatar in 2009 and scored the winning try after the siren against Canada at Twickenham in the Sevens World Series in May 2015. Representative Honours include Victoria. He was a member of Australia’s team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.
Prior to the 2020 Olympic Sevens, he had been hampered by a knee injury for which he was not ruled out. Coach John Manenti left Green out of the squad, saying: “[it is the] toughest call of his career”, adding: “[Green] just can’t run as quick as [he] once could. Ultimately that’s [his] weapon and strength are [his] X-factors and [he] just wasn’t producing that with any consistency.” Green, on Instagram, said: “The past few days have been pretty long and dark since being told I haven’t been selected for the Tokyo Olympics.”
In September 2020, Green, along with Australia sevens teammate Evania Pelite, signed for NRL Women’s Premiership (NRLW) team the New Zealand Warriors. Green was poised to sign for the Brisbane Broncos, however, did not want to spend the four-week period operating under COVID-19 quarantine requirements in Queensland.
On his debut, Green scored a side-line try against the Broncos in the 8th minute. He did not score again, however, remained a dangerous presence throughout the match on the wing. He scored again in round three against the St. George Illawarra Dragons and set up teammate Evania Pelite in a 10–22 win.
On November 9, 2021, Green announced his retirement from rugby sevens. He finished his career in the Sevens Series Rugby Sevens competition with 149 appearances (26th), 94 tackles, 141 tries (4th), 739 points (6th), 90 clean breaks (10th), and 244 runs (27th).
Ellia Green Age
His birth name is Ellia Tiriseyani Green. He was assigned female at birth. He was born on February 20, 1993, in Suva, Fiji.
Ellia Green Partner
He is a resident of the Sydney suburb of Lane Cove. He has a daughter with his partner Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts.
On August 16, 2022, Green came out as a transgender man. He did not change his name. The announcement made him the first Olympian to come out as a trans man. He retired from rugby to focus on his transition and said, “I knew I couldn’t do hormone therapy or surgery during my career”.He uses they/them and he/him pronouns.
Ellia Green Parents
He is the son of Evan Green and Yolanta Green. Assigned female at birth, Green was born in Suva, Fiji, and moved to Australia’s Central Coast, New South Wales with his adoptive parents at the age of five. His father was English and died when he was young. His mother, Yolanta, was Polish and died of cancer in 2018.
Ellia Green Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.72 meters) tall.
Ellia Green Instagram
His Instagram handle is @aelliagreen.
