Shelby Jensen
Sport: Wheelchair Fencing
Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 0
Quick Facts
Birthday: February 8, 2001
Height: N/A
Age: 24
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Education: Salt Lake Community College
Biography
Quick Facts
- Parents Jed and Sheri Jensen
- Speaks Spanish fluently
- Enjoys biking, reading and writing
- Jensen was seven years old when a brain aneurysm caused her to have a stroke and left her slightly paralyzed on her right side
- She does have the ability to stand up and move her legs to a very minimal extent
- First discovered wheelchair fencing while volunteering at a wheelchair sports camp when she was 16
- Three years later she was nationally ranked
- She loves to read, and started studying more about the sport and the psychological elements of it
- Assistant at Salt Lake County Adaptive Recreation
- Engaged to Jarred Mitchell, a U.S. Army soldier.
Paralympic Experience
- 1-time Paralympian;
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 7th (Team Epee - Women), 8th (Team Foil - Women), 12th (Individual Epee A - Women), 15th (Individual Sabre A - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – 24th (Individual Foil A - Women, Individual Sabre A - Women), 25th (Individual Epee A - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Epee A - Women 2019, 2023; Individual Foil A - Women 2019, 2023; Individual Sabre A - Women 2019, 2023; Team Epee - Women 2019; Team Foil - Women 2019; Team Sabre - Women 2019
- Top finish: 9th – 2019 (Team Epee - Women), 2019 (Team Foil - Women), 2019 (Team Sabre - Women)
