The basics
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Figure skater
Gender:
Male
Work field:
Birth:
1 March 1971
The details
Biography
Introduction
Shepherd Walton Clark (born March 1, 1971) is an American competitive figure skater. He is the 1989 World Junior silver medalist, 1989 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and 1996 Finlandia Trophy champion. He was the first American to win the Finlandia Trophy. He is also the 1998 U.S. national pewter medalist and won seven sectional titles. He was coached by Slavka Button and Diane Agle in Boston.
In August 2015, he won silver in men's figures at the World Figure Championship & Figure Festival in Lake Placid, New York and was inducted into the World Figure Hall of Fame. He is an artist of jewel design and of jeweled art objects, as well as an entrepreneur in various industries.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix
| International | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 01–02 | 02–03 |
| Four Continents | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| GP Skate America | 9th | ||||||||||||||
| GP Sparkassen | 11th | ||||||||||||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 1st | ||||||||||||||
| Nations Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | 2nd | 10th | ||||||||||||
| Piruetten | 2nd | WD | |||||||||||||
| Schäfer Memorial | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| St. Gervais | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 4th | 2nd | |||||||||||||
| National | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 4th J | 1st J | 7th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 10th | 4th | 5th | WD | 11th | WD | |
| Eastern Sect. | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | ||||||||
| Midwestern Sect. | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||||||||
| J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew | |||||||||||||||