Paul Sheppard

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Paul Sheppard
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Full namePaul Sheppard
Born (1978-01-12) 12 January 1978 (age 45)
Newbridge, Wales
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Paul Sheppard (born 12 January 1978 in Newbridge), is a Welsh racing cyclist. He represented Wales at 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur where he came fourth in the Team Pursuit, he repeated this performance at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

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Palmarès

Track

1993
1st Pursuit British National Track Championships – Youth
1995
1st 20 km Scratch, British National Track Championships – Junior
1998
4th Team Pursuit, 4m28.664, Commonwealth Games (with Huw Pritchard, Alun Owen & Sion Jones)
2002
4th Team Pursuit, 4m25.029, Commonwealth Games (with Huw Pritchard, Will Wright & Joby Ingram-Dodd)
2004
1st Pursuit, Welsh National Track Championships
1st Team Sprint, Welsh National Track Championships
2005
1st Points Race, Welsh National Track Championships
1st Scratch Race, Welsh National Track Championships
1st Team Pursuit, Welsh National Track Championships

Road

2001
1st Welsh National Road Race Championships
2004
2nd Perfs Pedal Race

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