Walt Shepard
Walt Shepard 
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| birthday | 3rd December 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Yarmouth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| job | college student | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| society | Maine Winter Sports Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Nathan Alsobrook Marty Hall |
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| Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debut in the World Cup | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| last change: June 2, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Shepard (born December 3, 1982 in Yarmouth ) is an American biathlete .
Walt Shepard starts for the Maine Winter Sports Center and is trained by Nathan Alsobrook and Marty Hall. He is studying economics at Bowdoin College . Shepard began biathlon at the age of twelve after first seeing a biathlon competition while on vacation in Québec . First he started for the Ethan Allen Biathlon Club in Jericho and later went to Sweden for an exchange year in order to devote himself intensively to biathlon alongside school. In 2001 he was able to take part in the Junior World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk for the first time and reached a 50th place in the individual, as well as with William Snellman, Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke rank 12 in the relay competition. Shepard then started at the Junior World Championship in Ridnaun , where he finished 14th in the sprint, 18th in the pursuit race and, together with Burke, Evan Ray and Anders Osthus, seventh in the relay competition. For the third and last time Shepard took part in a Junior World Championship in Kościelisko in 2003 , but could only achieve a 75th place in the sprint. In 2003 he started several times in the Junior European Cup and achieved several good top 20 results.
Shepard has been competing with the men since 2005. First he ran in the Biathlon European Cup and mostly achieved positions in the top 50, rarely better. The biathlon world championships 2005 in Hochfilzen were his career highlight to date . Shepard was supposed to take part in the individual race, but did not start. In the sprint he reached 97th place. At the start of the 2005/06 season it was possible to start in a pure World Cup for the first time. As with the World Championship, a start, now the one in the sprint competition, ultimately did not materialize, but he ran the relay competition with Jeremy Teela , Burke and Bailey and was 18th there. Further races followed without any notable results in 2006 in the European Cup. Shepard missed participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and therefore moved back to his native Maine .
Since 2006, Shepard has only run races in North America. Here he can point to various successes. For example, at the North American Biathlon Championships in Itasca in 2008 , he won the pursuit title ahead of Canadian Brendan Green , who relegated him to silver in the sprint and mass start races. In the Biathlon NorAm Cup , he was able to achieve top placings several times. In order to be able to fulfill his dream of the Olympic Games in 2010 , Shepard paused his studies in 2009/10. However, he missed the Olympic start against Wynn Roberts . Nevertheless, the season was successful for Shepard. In the overall standings of the NorAm Cup 2009/10 he was fourth, at the North American Biathlon Championships in 2010 he finished second behind Casey Simons in the sprint and Roberts in the pursuit, and in the mass start he was third. At the US Championships , which were held at the same time , he was second in all three competitions, in the mass start behind Russell Currier .
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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| Scoring | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Starts | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Status: after the 2008/09 season | ||||||
Web links
- Walt Shepard in the database of the IBU (English)
- Shepard on the US Federation website
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| SURNAME | Shepard, Walt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shepard, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd December 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yarmouth , Maine , United States |