Shanwayne STEPHENS

PANDEMIC TRAINING
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, without access to gyms or training facilities, Stephens and Nimroy Turgott got their push training using a Mini Cooper on the streets around Peterborough, England, where Stephens lives. "It obviously doesn't go quite as fast, but you're training the same sort of muscle groups and you're building the same sort of muscle groups. Like anything, if you push something heavier than what you're supposed to push, then at the end of the day you should be able to push the real thing a lot faster."

The improvised training techniques even impressed Queen Elizabeth II on a video call with British Armed Forces stationed around the world. Stephens, a lance corporal in the Royal Air Force, disclosed that she said with a smile, "Well I suppose that's one way to train." (insidethegames.biz, 16 Jul 2020; bbc.com, 26 May 2020)

BACKGROUND
Was born in Jamaica, but moved to Great Britain with his family in 2002. In 2011, he joined the Royal Air Force. (dailymail.co.uk, 15 July 2020; Bob Team Shan YouTube, 18 Oct 2021)

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Career-high fifth-place result in the four-man at the North American Cup in Park City in November 2021. Thirteen top-10 finishes across both disciplines on the North American Cup circuit in 2021/22 (as of December 2021).