Shelby Mcewen
United StatesActive- Born
- Apr 6, 1996 (30 years old)
- Birthplace
- Abbeville, United States
- Events
- High Jump
- Height
- 1.91 m
Shelby McEwen (born April 6, 1996) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. From 2015 to 2017, McEwen attended Northwest Mississippi Community College; he was a member of their basketball team and competed unattached in track and field. He then started competing for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and participated in the indoor and outdoor track seasons in 2018 and 2019.
In 2019, he jumped 2.31 m indoor and then 2.30 m outdoor, as second at 2019 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, qualifying for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where he was the first non-qualifier for the final. On May 22, 2021, he jumped 2.33 m at Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, Arizona, the qualifying standard for the 2020 Summer Games, before finishing third with 2.30 m at the 2020 US Olympic Trials.
He finished twelfth at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a jump of 2.27 m. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, McEwen jumped 2.36 m and was tied for the lead with New Zealand's Hamish Kerr; both men were offered the option to share the gold medal. Kerr wanted to proceed to a jump-off, and McEwen agreed. McEwen ended up losing to Kerr and got the silver medal.
As of Nov 2, 2026: High Jump 2.36 (#46 all-time), 2026 season best 2.22 (Jan 30, 2026, Cliff Rovelto Indoor Track, Manhattan, KS (USA)) · Last competition: USA Championships, Jul 23, 2026, 2.20 · Olympic Games: 1 silver · 30 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | HJ Indoor | 2.21 | – | Feb 7, 2026 | High Jump Meeting Hustopečské skákání |
| 2026 | HJ | 2.22 | – | Jan 30, 2026 | DeLoss Dodds Invitational |
| 2025 | HJ | 2.26 | – | Apr 26, 2025 | J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet, Rice University Ley Track/Holloway Field, Houston, TX |
| 2024 | HJ | 2.36 | – | Aug 10, 2024 | The XXXIII Olympic Games, Stade de France, Paris |
| 2023 | HJ | 2.29 | – | Aug 22, 2023 | World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest |
| 2022 | HJ | 2.33= | – | Jun 26, 2022 | Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR |
| 2021 | HJ | 2.33 | – | May 22, 2021 | USATF Throws Fest, Univ. of Arizona Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, AZ |
| 2020 | HJ | 2.16 | – | Feb 1, 2020 | – |