JENSEN Shelby

United States of America

Wheelchair Fencing

Date of Birth: 8 Feb 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Sport Class: A

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Fencing	Women's Épée Individual - Category A	12
	Women's Sabre Individual - Category A	15
	Women's Foil Team USA United States	8
	Women's Épée Team USA United States	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 1	Women's Sabre Individual - Category A Preliminary Pool 2 #12 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 0 CHN BIAN JBIAN Jing Sport Class: A 5	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 1	Women's Sabre Individual - Category A Preliminary Pool 2 #13 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 2 HUN VERES AVERES Amarilla Sport Class: A 5	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 2	Women's Sabre Individual - Category A Preliminary Pool 2 #19 ITA TRIGILIA LTRIGILIA Loredana Sport Class: A 5 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 1	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 2	Women's Sabre Individual - Category A Preliminary Pool 2 #20 UKR BREUS YBREUS Yevheniia Sport Class: A 5 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 1	Women's Épée Individual - Category A Preliminary Pool 2 #11 UKR BREUS YBREUS Yevheniia Sport Class: A 5 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 0	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 1	Women's Épée Individual - Category A Preliminary Pool 2 #12 POL FIDRYCH MFIDRYCH Marta Sport Class: A 4 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 5	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 1	Women's Épée Individual - Category A Preliminary Pool 2 #14 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 2 HKG NG JCNG Justine Charissa Sport Class: A 5	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 1	Women's Épée Individual - Category A Preliminary Pool 2 #15 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 0 CHN BIAN JBIAN Jing Sport Class: A 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 2	Women's Épée Individual - Category A Round of 16 #38 HUN VERES AVERES Amarilla Sport Class: A 15 USA JENSEN SJENSEN Shelby Sport Class: A 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Red 1 & 2	Women's Épée Team Preliminary Pool 1 #4 UKR Ukraine 45 USA United States 13	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1 & 2	Women's Épée Team Preliminary Pool 1 #2 USA United States 13 HUN Hungary 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1 & 2	Women's Épée Team Preliminary Pool 1 #3 USA United States 11 CHN China 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1 & 2	Women's Foil Team Preliminary Pool 1 #1 ITA Italy 45 USA United States 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Red 1 & 2	Women's Foil Team Preliminary Pool 1 #5 HKG Hong Kong, China 45 USA United States 14	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1 & 2	Women's Foil Team Preliminary Pool 1 #3 UKR Ukraine 45 USA United States 28	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
9	Epee Team	2019	Cheongju, KOR
9	Foil Team	2019	Cheongju, KOR
9	Women's Team Sabre	2019	Cheongju, KOR
29	Epee Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR
32	Sabre Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR
33	Foil Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR

Cycling, reading, writing, looking after her dog. (usafencing.org, 01 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Salt Lake Community College, United States

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Valkyrie Fencing Club [Orem, UT, USA]

Mickey Zeljkovic [national]; Brandon Smith

Left (nbcnews.com, 26 Jun 2021)

She began wheelchair fencing at age 15. (usafencing.org, 01 Jan 2021)

"I was volunteering at a wheelchair sports camp when I was 15. One of the sports was wheelchair fencing. The foundation running the camp noticed my leg brace and said I had to come try it. A couple of months later I did and it didn't take me long to realise that this was my sport. I am lucky that the Utah Fencing Foundation has made it easy for me to find and do something I love." (iwasf.com, 18 Feb 2020)

Winning bronze in epee at the 2019 World U23 Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (usafencing.org, 01 Jan 2021)

"I focus by putting my headphones in and zoning everyone out. I walk around and watch people's technique. I don't really think about fencing." (sportsnspokes.com, 24 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Classification
A (IWAS, 10 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (usafencing.org, 01 Jan 2021)

Impairment Details
At age seven she had a brain aneurysm that caused a stroke. As a result she is paralysed on the right side of her body. (usafencing.org, 01 Jan 2021; sportsnspokes.com, 24 Jan 2020)

General
FENCING STYLE
She says she believes that her fencing style is unpredictable and unconventional compared to her opponents, and that this gives her an edge in competition. "I fence weird. As crazy as that may sound, I have weird moves that I have made my own. My moves consist of me being fluid and fast or jerky and slow, depending on who I am fencing. When the others fence, they tend to stick to a single style, which makes them easier to read. Whereas changing my style from person to person, I become harder to predict and counter." (sportsnspokes.com, 24 Jan 2020)

OCCUPATION
She has worked in the parks and recreation department of Salt Lake County Government in Utah, United States of America. (usafencing.org, 01 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Officialshelbyjensen
https://instagram.com/shelby.jensenfencing

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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