BARON Shelby

United States of America

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 12 Aug 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Sport Class: WT

Place of birth: HONOLULU, HI

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : TUSCALOOSA, AL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Tennis	Women's Singles	17
	Women's Doubles USA Baron / Mathewson	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
2nd on Court 4	Ariake Tennis Park Court 4	Women's Singles First Round USA BARON SBARON Shelby Sport Class: WT 4 4 BRA DUVAL MDUVAL Meirycoll Sport Class: WT 6 6	Finished
3rd on Court 7	Ariake Tennis Park Court 7	Women's Doubles First Round CHN Wang / Zhu 6 6 USA Baron / Mathewson 1 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
QF	Doubles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R16	Singles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Occupation:

Language Studies - University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

Languages spoken:

Right (hawaiinewsnow.com, 29 May 2019)

She began playing the sport in Hawaii in 2006. She attended her first wheelchair tennis camp at age 15. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2016; abc-med.com, 05 Oct 2016; sportsnspokes.com, 29 Jun 2021)

She began using a wheelchair at age nine and this enabled her to participate in Para sports. She initially played wheelchair basketball every Thursday, before being referred to a Tuesday-night wheelchair tennis class. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2021)

She was named 2018 Professional Tennis Registry [PTR] Wheelchair Professional of the Year. (uniindia.com, 23 Jan 2019)

In 2016 she and her family received the United States Tennis Association [USTA] Hawaii Pacific Section Volunteer Family of the Year Award. (sportsnspokes.com, 29 Jun 2021)

General Interest

Classification
Open (itftennis.com, 25 Feb 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 23 Aug 2016; teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2021)

Impairment Details
She was born with spina bifida. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2021; hawaiinewsnow.com, 29 May 2019)

General
EDUCATION
She studied second language studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa before gaining a scholarship to attend the University of Alabama, where she studied for a bachelor's degree in communicative disorders. She has also obtained a master's degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Alabama. "I had to self-motivate when I was in Hawaii, but in Alabama, we all had the 06:00 practices and classes, and we were all tired physically, mentally and trying to fit in a social life. It was definitely a different culture for me, but it was easier to go through that grind with them." (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2021; Instagram profile, 05 Jul 2021; hawaiinewsnow.com, 29 May 2019; sportsnspokes.com, 29 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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