Andre Shelby
Sport: Para Archery
Gold: 1 Silver: 0 Bronze: 0
Quick Facts
Birthday: December 8, 1966
Height: N/A
Age: 58
Hometown: Jeffersonville, IN
Education: Jeffersonville High School (Jeffersonville, Ind.)
Biography
Quick Facts
- United States Navy (Ret.) Veteran
- First picked up the sport in 2010 and won his first major medal five years later at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games
- First black Paralympic archery champion
- He is a SCI Peer Mentor
- Hobbies include fishing, table tennis, and billiards
Paralympic Experience
- 2-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 9th (Individual Compound Open - Men)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, gold (Individual Compound Open - Men)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – 17th (Individual Compound Open - Men)
- Years of participation: Individual Compound Open - Men 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023; Team Compound Open - Men 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022; Team Compound Open - Mixed 2015, 2017, 2022
- Medals: 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2015 (Team Compound Open - Men)
- Silver – 2017 (Individual Compound Open - Men)
- Bronze – 2017 (Team Compound Open - Men)
