{{short description|Welsh triple jumper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Steven Shalders | nationality = British (Welsh) | sport = Athletics | event = Triple jump | club = Cardiff AAC |birth_date=24 December 1981 |birth_place=Bridgend, Wales |death_date= |death_place= |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}} {{MedalSilver | 2005 Izmir | Triple Jump }} }}
'''Steven Mark Shalders''' (born 24 December 1981) is a former athlete from Wales who competed in the triple jump.
== Biography == Shalders finished tenth at the 2000 World Junior Championships, and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games he finished sixth in the triple jump and eighth in the 4 × 100 metres relay.<ref>[http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=106911 2006 Commonwealth Games profile]</ref> He then won the silver medal at the 2005 Universiade and finished tenth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
His personal best jump is 16.71 metres, achieved in September 2005 in Manchester.
Shalders finished on the podium three-times at the British AAA Championships in 2002, 2004 and 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} *{{World Athletics}}
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