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Caleb Shepherd

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Caleb Shepherd
Personal information
Born(1993-06-29)29 June 1993(age 31)
Huntly,New Zealand
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
Event(s)Coxed pair, Eight
ClubWaikato
Medal record
Rowing
RepresentingNew Zealand
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Women's eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam Men's coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ottensheim Women's eight

Caleb Shepherd(born 29 June 1993) is a New Zealandrowingcox.He holds the world best time in the men's coxed pair (2014) and represented at theRio Olympicsin the New Zealand eight. He coxed the New Zealand women's eight to their2019 World Championshiptitle and has been twice a world champion.

Private life[edit]

Shepherd was born in 1993[1]and is fromHuntly.He received his secondary education atHamilton Boys' High Schoolas a boarder where he started coxing in 2006.[2]Shepherd completed a master's degree at theUniversity of Waikatoin 2020, with a thesis on depression in autobiographical sports writing.[3][4]Shepherd wants to become a sports journalist.[2]

OfMāoridescent, Shepherd affiliates to theNgāti Porouiwi.[5]

Rowing[edit]

At the2011 World Rowing Junior ChampionshipsatDorney Lake,Dorney,England, Shepherd won silver with the junior men's coxed four.[6]At the2012 World Rowing U23 ChampionshipsatTrakaiin Lithuania, Shepherd won bronze with the U23 men's coxed four.[7]At the2013 World Rowing U23 ChampionshipsatLinz-Ottensheimin Austria, he won gold with the men's eight.[8]A year later at the July2014 World Rowing U23 ChampionshipsinVarese,Italy, he won another gold with the same boat.[9]On 29 August 2014, Shepherd was the cox forHamish BondandEric Murraywhen they set the world best time in the men's coxed pair at the2014 World Rowing ChampionshipsatBosbaan,Amsterdamin the final race, thus winning gold.[10]As of 2021 that time still stood as the world's best. He came fourth at the2015 World Rowing Championshipswith the men's eight, qualifying the boat for the2016 Olympics.[11]This is the first time that a New Zealand eight qualified for the Olympics since1984,despite the famous performance of past eights including the1982 New Zealand eight.[12]He came sixth with his team at theeights competitioninRio de Janeiro.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^abc"Caleb Shepherd".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved4 July2016.
  2. ^abWallace, Caitlin; Goile, Aaron (23 March 2016)."North Waikato rowers selected to compete in Rio Olympics".Waikato Times.Retrieved4 July2016.
  3. ^Shepherd, Caleb (2020).Depression in autobiographical sports writing: A backstage pass into the dark locker room(Masters thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato.hdl:10289/13894.
  4. ^"Caleb Shepherd: RowingNZ".rowingnz.kiwi.Retrieved18 May2022.
  5. ^"43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics".Te Karere.5 August 2016.Retrieved6 August2016.
  6. ^"(JM4+) Junior Men's Coxed Four – Final".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved4 July2016.
  7. ^"(BM4+) U23 Men's Coxed Four – Final".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved4 July2016.
  8. ^"(BM8+) U23 Men's Eight – Final".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved4 July2016.
  9. ^"(BM8+) U23 Men's Eight – Final".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved4 July2016.
  10. ^"(M2+) Men's Coxed Pair – Final".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved4 July2016.
  11. ^Anderson, Ian (7 September 2015)."New Zealand eights surge into Olympic medal contention at world champs".Stuff.Retrieved4 July2016.
  12. ^Anderson, Ian (27 August 2015)."Young New Zealand men's rowing eight have sights set high at world champs".Stuff.Retrieved3 July2016.
  13. ^Alderson, Andrew (14 August 2016)."Rio Olympics 2016: Gold for Mahe Drysdale".The New Zealand Herald.Retrieved23 October2016.

External links[edit]

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