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Billy Shipstad

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Billy Shipstad
 
Team
Curling clubBroadmoor CC, Colorado Springs, CO[1]
Curling career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances
1 (1983)
Medal record
Curling
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983 Colorado Springs

Bill "Billy" Shipstad is an American curler.

Shipstad as second for Don Cooper team won the United States men's curling championship in 1983, defeating Bud Somerville in the final.[2]

At the time of the 1983 World Championships, he was a student.[3] As of 2003, he was the general manager of the Icearium in Knoxville, Tennessee.[4]

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1982–83 Don Cooper Jerry van Brunt Jr. Billy Shipstad Jack McNelly USMCC 1983 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1983 (6th)

References

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  1. ^ Broadmoor Curling Club
  2. ^ "Ed setting forth to win the World". Winnipeg Sun. April 11, 1983. p. 25. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Europeans not alone with problems". Regina Leader-Post. April 15, 1983. p. 24. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "Slick sport sweeps up the ice". Knoxville News-Sentinel. February 19, 2003. p. 61. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
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