Bill "Billy" Shipstad is an American curler.
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| Curling club | Broadmoor CC, Colorado Springs, CO[1] | |||||||||||
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| Member Association |  United States | |||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1983) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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 edit
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 1982–83 | Don Cooper | Jerry van Brunt Jr. | Billy Shipstad | Jack McNelly | USMCC 1983  WCC 1983 (6th) |
References edit
- ^ Broadmoor Curling Club
- ^ "Ed setting forth to win the World". Winnipeg Sun. April 11, 1983. p. 25. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "Europeans not alone with problems". Regina Leader-Post. April 15, 1983. p. 24. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "Slick sport sweeps up the ice". Knoxville News-Sentinel. February 19, 2003. p. 61. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
External links edit
- Billy Shipstad at World Curling
- "GSMCC - Great Smoky Mountains Curling Club".
- "Club Connection: Slide into winter with the Great Smoky Mountains Curling Club". 2011-12-31.
- "Ann Marie Shipstad-Schwartz - Ice Sports".
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