Background
Sheppard was born in Gdańsk, Poland.
Sheppard was born in Gdańsk, Poland.
She graduated in Mathematics and Computer Science in 2006, then took up law studies.
When she was seventeen she came to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Bath and gave up international competition. At his suggestion she came back to the piste and was quickly selected into the British team Her first major competition bearing the Union Flag was the 2010 European Fencing Championships in Leipzig.
She posted a last-16 finish at the 2012 Street St. Petersburg World Cup and the 2014 Cancun World Cup.
Although Great Britain could qualify athletes to the 2012 Summer Olympics through host option, Sheppard was selected to compete in the zone qualifying tournament in Bratislava. She defeated Romania"s Cristina Ghiță in the semi-finals to earn one of the two Olympic tickets.
In the individual event she defeated teammate Sophie Troiano in the first round, but lost to World Number.6 Corinne Maîtrejean of France in the second round. In the team event Sheppard, Troiano and Anna Bentley saw of Egypt in the first round, then met favourites Italy, featuring the bronze, silver and gold medallists of the individual event.
Great Britain were crushed 14–42 in the quarter-finals.
Sheppard finished the 2011-2012 season World Number.35, a career best as of 2015. After the London Games Sheppard joined the British Fencing World Class Programme to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.