Shelby McEwen has been jumping and flipping off things since he was a little boy, and now he has an Olympic silver medal to show for it--which joins his many other high jump accolades. Shelby is a native of Oxford, Mississippi (where Eddie and Chris currently live). He was a member of the Northwest Mississippi Community College track and field team as well as the University of Alabama track and field team, where he became an SEC champion for both indoor and outdoor high jump.

Shelby was a member of Team USA in 2020 at the Tokyo Olympics, where he finished twelfth. He earned his 2024 silver medal after a jump off with New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr.

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