Profile
Marathon, T54
Funding: World Class Podium
DOB: 4 June 1986
Born: Blackpool
Lives: Blackpool
Club: Blackpool & Fylde
Contact: Professional Sports Partnerships
Coach: Andrew Dawes
International Highlights
2005 European Championships Espoo 5000m bronze
2006 World Championships Assen marathon bronze, 1500 8th, 5000m 4th, 2007 IAAAF Worlds 1500m 7thGreat North Run 2005 gold, 2006 silver, Flora London Marathon, 2005-06 silver, 2007 gold. NY Marathon 2007 silver
National Championships
Won AAA U20 110mh 2000, U17 60mh indoor 1996-7, U20 60mh indoors 1998-2000
Personal Bests
400m 58.04 (2007), 800m 1.52.83 (2007), 1500m 3.25.36 (2007), 5000m 11.40.27 (2007), Marathon 1.40.20 (2007)
Career summary
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Shelly is one of Britain's outstanding young wheelchair racers. A T54 athlete, she fell 20ft from a tree aged 11, resulting in a spinal cord injury.
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She first hit the headlines at the 2005 London Marathon when she finished second behind Italy's Francesca Porcellato and beating Dame Tanni
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Grey-Thompson into third. It was a remarkable performance in Shelly's first marathon.
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Shelly represented England at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games in March, finishing seventh in the 800m - held at the magnificent MCG arena.
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She spends much of her time in Australia training with coach Andrew Dawes.
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