Shelton was from Newstead, Nottinghamshire and had been a miner at Newstead Colliery. His back was injured in 1958 by a roof fall, and he was paralysed from the waist down.[3][4] In 1969 he married Iris Turner, who had been a nursing sister on his ward when he was in hospital.[5]
He played for the Lodge Moor Hospital paraplegic snooker team, which in 1974 was refused entry to the Sheffield and District Works Sports Association league, on the basis that they would gain unfair advantage from playing all of their fixtures at their home venue, apparently failing to acknowledge that the team would be unable to play at other venues with stairs or limited space around the tables. The team was subsequently given the chance to participate in the Sheffield Social Snooker League and play all their games at their own home base.[6]
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^"Went to hospital and found a wife". Nottingham Guardian. 29 September 1969. p. 5.
^"Offload". Community Care. IPC Building and Contract Journals. 4 September 1974. p. 11.
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michael, shelton, american, actor, socialite, activist, michael, dean, shelton, british, sportsman, competed, summer, paralympic, games, five, times, between, 1960, 1976, snooker, other, sports, paralympic, medals, four, gold, silver, bronze, also, gold, 1974,. For the American actor socialite and activist see Michael Dean Shelton Michael Shelton is a British sportsman who competed at the Summer Paralympic Games five times between 1960 and 1976 in snooker and other sports He won six Paralympic medals four gold a silver and a bronze 1 He also won gold at the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games 2 Michael SheltonPersonal informationNationalityBritishBornAround 1941Newstead Kirkby AnnesleyDiedJanuary 2022 aged 80 81 NewsteadSpouseIris TurnerRelative s victor shelton tony shelton Tommy shelton annie shelton Arthur shelton 2 moreMedal record Representing Great Britain Paralympic Games Snooker 1964 Tokyo Men s open 1968 Tel Aviv Men s open 1972 Heidelberg Men s paraplegic open 1960 Rome Men s open 1976 Toronto Men s 2 5 Lawn bowls 1976 Toronto Men s singles wh Shelton was from Newstead Nottinghamshire and had been a miner at Newstead Colliery His back was injured in 1958 by a roof fall and he was paralysed from the waist down 3 4 In 1969 he married Iris Turner who had been a nursing sister on his ward when he was in hospital 5 He played for the Lodge Moor Hospital paraplegic snooker team which in 1974 was refused entry to the Sheffield and District Works Sports Association league on the basis that they would gain unfair advantage from playing all of their fixtures at their home venue apparently failing to acknowledge that the team would be unable to play at other venues with stairs or limited space around the tables The team was subsequently given the chance to participate in the Sheffield Social Snooker League and play all their games at their own home base 6 Paralympic career editIn 1960 at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome Shelton won a silver medal in the snooker he had also competed in the precision javelin throw and shot put C where he finished 41st and 24th respectively in the events 7 He followed this up with three consecutive gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics 8 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics 9 and 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics 10 At the 1976 Toronto Paralympics Shelton won bronze in the Men s 2 5 Snooker 11 but took the gold medal in the lawn bowls men s singles wh 12 References edit Michael Shelton Paralympic org International Paralympic Committee Archived from the original on 29 July 2021 Shelton and Haslam defend olympic titles Snooker Scene August 1976 p 15 TOKYO GOLD bufvc ac uk British Universities Film amp Video Council Archived from the original on 22 February 2017 Retrieved 8 February 2016 Michael Shelton a paraplegic miner wins a gold medal in the paraplegic Olympic Games Notts man in the Tokyo wheel chair Olympic games Nottingham Evening Post 7 November 1964 p 8 Went to hospital and found a wife Nottingham Guardian 29 September 1969 p 5 Offload Community Care IPC Building and Contract Journals 4 September 1974 p 11 Snooker 1960 paralympic org International Paralympic Committee Archived from the original on 7 December 2019 Retrieved 16 August 2022 Snooker 1964 paralympic org International Paralympic Committee Retrieved 16 August 2022 Snooker 1968 paralympic org International Paralympic Committee Retrieved 16 August 2022 Snooker 1972 paralympic org International Paralympic Committee Archived from the original on 1 December 2019 Retrieved 16 August 2022 Snooker 1976 paralympic org International Paralympic Committee Retrieved 31 December 2019 Lawn Bowls at the Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games IPC Historical Results Archive Retrieved 16 August 2022 External links editMichael Shelton at the International Paralympic Committee Hero s welcome for Paralympic snooker champion Michael Shelton 1965 nbsp This biographical article relating to English athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to snooker in England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Paralympic medalist of Great Britain is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Shelton amp oldid 1173863797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
