David Joseph Sheppard (December 12, 1931 in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

– November 5, 2000) was an American

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

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."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 22, 2008).

Weightlifting achievements

*Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1956). *Silver medalist in Senior World Championship (1951, 1953, 1954, and 1958). *

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champion (1955)."Dave Sheppard"
– ''Lift Up'' (Retrieved on May 4, 2010). *Senior national champion (1954, 1955, and 1958). *Set five world records during career.

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