Andre Shelby

American Paralympic archer

Andre Shelby

Shelby in 2011

Personal information
Nationality| American
Born|  (1966-12-08) December 8, 1966 (age 58)
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States[1]
Sport
Sport| Archery

Medal record

Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Archery
|  2016 Rio de Janeiro | Men's individual compound open
Parapan American Games
|  2015 Toronto | Men's compound

Andre C. Shelby (born December 8, 1966) is a U.S. Paralympic archer and Paralympic and Parapan champion.

Shelby was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1966 to Lee and Etta Shelby.[2] He graduated from Jeffersonville High School in 1985.[3] At Jeffersonville, Shelby played football and basketball.[2]

Shelby served in the United States Navy for 18 years until an April 2004 motorcycle accident made him reliant on a wheelchair and forced him to retire.[4] Shelby had worked as a boatswain's mate and helped transport troops during the Gulf War.[2]

Shelby discovered archery in 2008.[2] He qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics by winning gold at the 2015 Parapan American Games.[4] In the 2016 Summer Paralympics, his debut Paralympics, Shelby won his first Paralympic medal which was gold. He became the first African-American archer to compete in the Paralympics.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "World Archery Extranet". extranet.worldarchery.org. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
2. ^ a b c d Dodd, Lindon (October 1, 2016). "DODD: Meet Jeffersonville's gold-medal winner". News and Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
3. ^ a b Karell, Daniel (21 September 2016). "Jeffersonville grad Andre Shelby wins gold at Rio Paralympics". USA TODAY High School Sports. USA Today. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
4. ^ a b "Perfect finish lifts Jacksonville's Andre Shelby to archery gold in Rio". The Florida Times-Union. September 15, 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

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