Haico Scharn

{{Short description|Dutch middle-distance runner (1945–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Haico Scharn 1972.jpg | image_size = | caption = Scharn in 1972 | birth_name = Helprich Haico Stephanus Adrianus Scharn | fullname = | nationality = Dutch | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1945|6|18}} | birth_place = Gemert, Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|6|10|1945|6|18}} | death_place = Culemborg | height = {{convert|1.87|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = | sport = Middle-distance running | club = CIKO '66, Arnhem | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Helprich Haico Stephanus Adrianus Scharn''' (18 June 1945 – 10 June 2021) was a Dutch middle-distance runner. He competed at Helsinki's 1971 European Athletics Championships in the 1500 m, in which he reached the eighth place in the final.<ref name=eaa_ref/> He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, again in the 1500 m, advancing to the semi-finals.<ref name=r1/> He finished in fourth place in this event at the 1974 European Athletics Championships in Rome.<ref name=eaa_ref> {{ Citation | last = | first = | date = | title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK | url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf | page = 235 | publisher = European Athletics Association | language = | accessdate = 12 October 2015 }} </ref><ref name=r2/>

After retiring from running he worked as athletics coach, training such competitors as Els Vader, Letitia Vriesde, Stella Jongmans, Yvonne van der Kolk and Leon Haan.<ref name=r2/>

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<ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/haico-scharn-1.html Haico Scharn]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=r2>[http://losseveter.nl/2015/06/18/tcfkaa-haico-scharn-deel-1/ TCFKAA (1): Haico Scharn]. losseveter.nl. 2 December 2010</ref>

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{{S-start}} {{S-ach|aw}} {{S-bef|before=Jos Hermens}} {{S-ttl|title=Herman van Leeuwen Cup|years=1973}} {{S-aft|after=Jos Hermens}} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scharn, Haico}} Category:1945 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Dutch men middle-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Category:People from Gemert-Bakel Category:Dutch athletics coaches Category:Athletes from North Brabant Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen