Samara Sheppard
| File:Samara Sheppard at UCI World Cup XCO XCE 2 Nove Mesto na Morave 2013.jpg Samara Sheppard at UCI World Cup XCO/XCE 2, Nove Mesto na Morave, 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 June 1990 New Zealand |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team | |
| 2014–2015 | Bizkaia–Durango |
Samara Sheppard (born 1990) is a mountain bike racing and road bicycle racing cyclist from New Zealand. She competed for New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, finishing ninth out of twelve competitors in the women's cross-country competition.[1]
Life
[edit | edit source]Sheppard was born in Clyde in the South Island of New Zealand. She suffered a series of injuries as a runner which led her to move into cycling as an alternative sport. She relocated to Australia in 2016 and won a New Zealand title in 2017 and Oceania titles in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] She also won an Australian title, the elite women's section of the Australian Mountain Bike National Series, in 2018.[3]
Major results
[edit | edit source]Road
[edit | edit source]- 2020
- 2nd Gravel and Tar
- 9th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
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