Michael 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]

For the American actor, socialite and activist, see Michael Dean Shelton.

Shelton was from Newstead, Nottinghamshire and had been a miner at Newstead Colliery. He injured his back in a mining accident.[3]

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.[4]

References
  1. "Michael Shelton". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021.
  2. "Shelton and Haslam defend olympic titles". Snooker Scene. August 1976. p. 15.
  3. "TOKYO GOLD". bufvc.ac.uk. British Universities Film & 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
  4. "Offload". Community Care. IPC Building and Contract Journals. 4 September 1974. p. 11.


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