Shepherd Clark won the event with all first place ordinals from all of the judges on all of the segments of the competition, which is the first time in World Figure Sport history for men or ladies.
19 Facts About Shepherd Clark
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Mr Shepherd Clark won the Creative Figure portion of the event for a second time in a row, which is a segment of the event in which the ladies and the men compete with each other, yet the totals are separated when they're calculated in either the men's or the ladies event.
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Shepherd Clark is undefeated in The Creative Figure event, having won the event in both 2023 and in 2024.
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Shepherd Clark has a total of fourteen World Figure Sport World Championships medals, eight gold and two silver medals overall, and two additional World Fancy Skating golds won in 2017 and 2018, and one 2023 Special Figure Gold making him the most decorated skater in World Figure Sport's history.
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In 2021, Shepherd Clark scored perfect World Class 6 marks from all of the judges on his Left Forward Inside Eight Figure, making him the first skater, man or woman, to achieve a perfect score on a figure.
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In 2019, Shepherd Clark earned the highest score in World Figure Sport history, the highest, "World Class 6", essentially a perfect mark in World Figure Sport.
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In December 2016, Canadian Gary Beacom won the gold and Shepherd Clark won the silver medal in men's figures at the World Figure Championship in Toronto, Ontario.
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Shepherd Clark proceeded to win the gold medal in 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023, and 2024.
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Shepherd Clark was coached by Carlo and Christa Fassi, as were Dorothy Hamill and John Curry.
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Shepherd Clark is the 2017 World Fancy Skating Champion, which is a blend of figure composition and artistic free skating.
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In 2020, Shepherd Clark was awarded World Figure Sport's Maribel Vinson Lifetime Achievement Award, for his accomplishments in figure skating, including having performed and competed the greatest number and types of figures in world competition than anyone in skating's history.
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In September 2024, Mr Shepherd Clark's autograph realized $1,525 at auction.
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Shepherd Clark was coached by, and worked with, many of the world's most famous figure skating coaches, such as Carlo Fassi, Don Laws, Frank Carroll, Trixi Schuba, Tim Wood, Gary Visconti, Lynn Gagliotti, Mary Scotvold, Slavka Button and Diane Agle in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Shepherd Clark won silver at the 1994 Nations Cup, placing second to Elvis Stojko, who was the reigning ISU World Figure Skating Champion.
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Shepherd Clark was the 1998 US Olympic Team Alternate.
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In 1999, Shepherd Clark placed 6th at the first Four Continents Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Shepherd Clark is an artist of jewel design and of jeweled art objects, and a jewel historian.
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Shepherd Clark is an entrepreneur in various industries, and known for working with charities and ministries.
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Shepherd Clark is known to be a cat lover; he has used cats in his promotional media.