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Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
About Dmitry Shepel
- Dmitry Sergeyevich Shepel (??????? ????????? ??????) (born 8 August 1977) is a retired Russian speedskater. He became the World Junior Champion in 1998 in Roseville, Minnesota.
- The same year he set a junior world record on the 1,500 meters, skating that distance in 1:50,45 in Calgary.
- Shepel had his major success in 2001, when on the high-altitude ice rink of Baselga di Pinè in Italy he became European champion, breaking the hegemony of skaters from the Netherlands who otherwise won every event from 1992 to 2005.
- He participated at the Olympic Winter Games in 1998, 2002 and 2006.
- His most successful efforts were in 2002 in Salt Lake City, with a 4th place at the 5,000 meters and a 6th place at the 10,000 meters.
- After this last distance on March 22, 2002, Shepel reached third place in the adelskalender, a ranking based on skaters' all-time personal records for the classic samalog distances, which position he held until January 2005.
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