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Para Swimming

Aspen Shelton

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'6"

Age

23

Hometown

Southlake, TX

Education

Aledo High School (Aledo, Texas) ‘20

classification: S12, SB12, SM12

Personal
Shelton began swimming at 18 months as a form of physical therapy and became competitive at age nine. She was born with stage three retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), amblyopia and anisometropia. Since then, she has broken many regional, state and world records....Daughter of Chad and Vicki Shelton…Has one brother, Ethan…Has two dogs and one cat…Hobbies include reading, watching movies, volunteering in her community, being active in nature, collecting stickers from each place she competes, and hanging out with friends and family.
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2017 – gold (100m Backstroke S12 - Women), silver (100m Freestyle S12 - Women), bronze (50m Freestyle S12 - Women)
  • Years of participation: 100m Backstroke S12 - Women 2017; 100m Freestyle S12 - Women 2017; 50m Freestyle S12 - Women 2017
  • Medals: 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
    • Gold – 2017 (100m Backstroke S12 - Women)
    • Silver – 2017 (100m Freestyle S12 - Women)
    • Bronze – 2017 (50m Freestyle S12 - Women)
Career Highlights
  • ParaPan American Games, Lima, 2019 (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 49 Points - Mixed, 100m Backstroke S12 - Women, 100m Freestyle S12 - Women, 50m Freestyle S12 - Women)

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