The shock response of commercial TiB2 was studied by plate impact experiments. Impact velocities were 100 to 700 m/s caused shock stresses up to 15 GPa at the targets. Manganin gauges and soft recovery technique were applied for diagnostics. The mean sound speeds are 11.47 and 11.6 mm/µs and the measured HEL's are 7.1 to 7.9 GPa. Spall strength is zero above the HEL. Successful recovery experiments using "self momentum trap" technique were conducted with confined 0.5 inch thick samples sturck by star shaped flyer plates at approximately 100 m/s.