Name: Aspen Shelton
Sport: Swimming
Event(s): 100m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke
Classification: S12, SB12, SM12
Height: 5-6
DOB: 4/2/2001
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Hometown: Southlake, Texas
High School: Aledo High School (Aledo, Texas) ‘20
Team/Club: Fort Worth Area Swim Team (FAST)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2017 – gold (100m back), silver (100m free), bronze (50m free)
- Years of Participation: 2017
- Medals: 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2017 (100m back)
- Silver – 2017 (100m free)
- Bronze – 2017 (50m free)
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.