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

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

Andre Shelby

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. Shelby had worked as a boatswain's mate and helped transport troops during the Gulf War.

Andre Shelby

Shelby discovered archery in 2008. He qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics by winning gold at the 2015 Parapan American Games. 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.

Andre Shelby

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1966 births

Living people

African-American sportsmen

American male archers

Archers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic archers for the United States

United States Navy sailors

Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic medalists in archery

Paralympic gold medalists for the United States

Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games

Sportspeople from Indiana

People from Jeffersonville, Indiana

Sportspeople from the Louisville metropolitan area

United States Navy personnel of the Gulf War

20th-century African-American sportspeople

21st-century African-American people

African-American United States Navy personnel