Andre Shelby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1966
Place of Birth: Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Andre Shelby
- 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.Shelby served in the United States Navy for 18 years until an April 2004 motorcycle accident confined him to a wheelchair and forced him to retire.
- Shelby had worked as a boatswain's mate and helped transport troops during the Gulf War.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.
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