He competed for Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics and won a Silver medal as part of the sprint relay team.

In 1985 he became the first athlete to have won sprint titles in successive weeks at Scottish schools, junior and senior levels.

[2] Elliot won two Gold medals competing for Great Britain at the 1985 European Athletics Junior Championships in Cottbus (at that time East Germany).

He competed for Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 100-metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates John Regis, Mike McFarlane and Linford Christie.

[3] In 1994, he retired from top-level athletic competition aged 27 years old and played rugby for Scottish fourth division side Livingston RFC.