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Ernest ("Ernie") Earl Shelton (born October 28, 1932) was a male high jumper from the United States, who competed in the 1950s. He won the gold medal at the 1955 Pan American Games.

Shelton set his personal best in the men's high jump event (2.115 metres) on 1955-06-10 at a meet in his home town of Los Angeles. He failed to qualify for the 1956 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place (2.04 metres) at the 1956 US Olympic Trials. Shelton also competed in the decathlon.

He first competed for Washington Preparatory High School in Los Angeles, finishing in a 5-way tie for 2nd place at the 1951 CIF California State Meet.^[1] Next he went to the University of Southern California where he won the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships twice in a row.^[2] He won the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in both 1954 and 1955 (1955 tied with Charles Dumas who at the time was still at Centennial High School (Compton, California) who would win the Olympic Gold medal the following year^[3] Both Dumas and Shelton were in a race to become the first man to clear 7 feet, with Dumas getting the honor. It was crushing to Shelton, who never did clear 7 feet.

Shelton has gone on to become a celebrated sculptor, working from his studio in Cambria, California.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] He has also contributed to special effects pieces for RoboCop, Total Recall, Legend and other motion pictures.^[8]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Height
1951	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Berkeley, California	3rd	1.93 m
1953	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Dayton, Ohio	2nd	2.02 m
1954	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	St. Louis, Missouri	1st^[3]	2.07 m
1955	Pan American Games	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	2.01 m
1955	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Boulder, Colorado	1st^[3]	2.08 m
1956	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Bakersfield, California	2nd	2.04 m
1957	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Dayton, Ohio	2nd	2.06 m
1958	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Bakersfield, California	6th	1.98 m

References

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[1] "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Retrieved 2012-12-25.

[2] ttp://www.usatf.org/statistics/other/ncaausatf/men/mHJ.asp

[usatf-3] ttp://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/men/mHJ.asp

[4] ttp://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/03/sports/la-sp-crowe-20100504

[5] ttp://www.nohoartsdistrict.com/art/public_art_in_noho.htm

[6] ttp://www.publicartinla.com/USCArt/wild_bunch.html

[7] ttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/AMELIA+RISES+AGAIN+AVIATOR'S+STATUE+CAST+IN+BRONZE,+RETURNED+TO+PARK-a0111368809

[8] ttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1930069/

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	'''Ernest ("Ernie") Earl Shelton''' (born October 28, 1932 - deceased March 9, 2016) was a male [[high jump]]er from the [[United States]], who competed in the 1950s. He won the gold medal at the 1955 [[Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games\|Pan American Games]].		'''Ernest ("Ernie") Earl Shelton''' (born October 28, 1932<!-- - deceased March 9, 2016-->) was a male [[high jump]]er from the [[United States]], who competed in the 1950s. He won the gold medal at the 1955 [[Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games\|Pan American Games]].

	Shelton set his personal best in the men's high jump event (2.115 metres) on 1955-06-10 at a meet in his home town of [[Los Angeles]]. He failed to qualify for the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], finishing in fifth place (2.04 metres) at the 1956 [[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)\|US Olympic Trials]]. Shelton also competed in the [[decathlon]].		Shelton set his personal best in the men's high jump event (2.115 metres) on 1955-06-10 at a meet in his home town of [[Los Angeles]]. He failed to qualify for the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], finishing in fifth place (2.04 metres) at the 1956 [[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)\|US Olympic Trials]]. Shelton also competed in the [[decathlon]].

v t e US National Championship winners in men's high jump
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876-8: Edwards Ficken
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: William Wunder 1880: Alfred Carroll 1881: C.W. Durand 1882: Alfred Carroll 1883: Malcolm Ford 1884: J.T. Rinehart 1885–87: William Page 1888^{Note 1}: Tim O'Connor
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Daniel Webster 1889: R.K. Pritchard 1890–91: Alvah Nickerson 1892–95: Mike Sweeney 1896: Charles Powell 1897–1900: Irving Baxter 1901: Sam Jones 1902: Irving Baxter 1903-4: Sam Jones 1905: Herbert Kerrigan 1906: Neil Patterson 1907: Con Leahy 1908: Harry Porter 1909: Egon Erickson 1910: Walter Thomason 1911: Harry Grumpelt/Harry Porter 1912: John Johnstone 1913: Alma Richards 1914: Jo Loomis 1915: George Horine 1916: Wes Oler 1917: Clint Larsen 1918: Carl Rice 1919–20^OT: John Murphy 1921–22: Dewey Alberts 1923: LeRoy Brown 1924: Robert Juday 1925–26: Harold Osborn 1927: Robert King 1928^OT: Robert King/Charles McGinnis 1929: Henry Lassalette 1930–31: Anton Burg 1932^OT: Cornelius Johnson/George Spitz/Robert van Osdel 1933: Cornelius Johnson 1934: Cornelius Johnson/Walter Marty 1935: Cornelius Johnson 1936: Cornelius Johnson/Dave Albritton 1937: Dave Albritton 1938: Mel Walker/Dave Albritton 1939–40: Les Steers 1941: Bill Stewart 1942: Adam Berry 1943: Pete Watkins 1944: Fred Sheffield/Willard Smith 1945: Dave Albritton/Lester Howe/Richard Schnacke/Joshua Williamson 1946–47: Dave Albritton 1948: Tom Schofield 1949: Dick Phillips 1950: Dave Albritton/Jack Heitzman/Jack Razzeto/Virgil Severns 1951: Lewis Hall 1952–53: Walt Davis 1954: Ernie Shelton 1955: Charles Dumas/Ernie Shelton 1956–59: Charles Dumas 1960: John Thomas 1961: Bob Avant 1962: John Thomas 1963: Gene Johnson 1964: Ed Caruthers 1965–67: Otis Burrell 1968: Ed Hanks 1969: Otis Burrell 1970–71: Reynaldo Brown 1972: Barry Schur 1973–74: Dwight Stones 1975: Tom Woods 1976–78: Dwight Stones 1979: Franklin Jacobs
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Franklin Jacobs 1981: Tyke Peacock 1982: Milt Ottey 1983: Dwight Stones 1984: Jim Howard 1985: Brian Stanton 1986: Doug Nordquist 1987: Jerome Carter 1988: Doug Nordquist 1989: Brian Brown 1990–92^OT: Hollis Conway
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–94: Hollis Conway 1995–2000^2OT: Charles Austin 2001–02: Nathan Leeper 2003–04^OT: Jamie Nieto 2005: Matt Hemingway 2006: Tora Harris 2007: Jim Dilling 2008^OT: Jesse Williams 2009: Tora Harris 2010–11: Jesse Williams 2012^OT: Jamie Nieto 2013–16: Erik Kynard 2017:Bryan McBride 2018–19: Jeron Robinson 2021^{2020 OT}: JuVaughn Harrison
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932 and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.