# Samuel Scherrer

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{{short description|Swiss freestyle wrestler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
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{{Medal|Sport| Men's [freestyle wrestling](/source/freestyle_wrestling) }}
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{{MedalCompetition|Individual World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|[2020 Belgrade](/source/2020_Individual_Wrestling_World_Cup)|[92 kg](/source/2020_Individual_Wrestling_World_Cup_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_92_kg)}}
{{Medal|Competition| [European Championships](/source/European_Wrestling_Championships) }}
{{Medal|Silver| [2020 Rome](/source/2020_European_Wrestling_Championships) | [92 kg](/source/2020_European_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_92_kg) }}
{{Medal|Silver| [2021 Warsaw](/source/2021_European_Wrestling_Championships) | [92 kg](/source/2021_European_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_92_kg) }}
{{Medal|Competition|[Dan Kolov](/source/Dan_Kolov) & [Nikola Petrov](/source/Nikola_Petroff) Tournament}}
{{MedalBronze|[2026 Plovdiv](/source/2026_Dan_Kolov_%26_Nikola_Petrov_Tournament)|[92 kg](/source/2026_Dan_Kolov_%26_Nikola_Petrov_Tournament)}}
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'''Samuel Scherrer''' (born 15 March 1997) is a Swiss [freestyle wrestler](/source/Freestyle_wrestling). He is a two-time silver medalist at the [European Wrestling Championships](/source/European_Wrestling_Championships). He also won a bronze medal at the [2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup](/source/2020_Individual_Wrestling_World_Cup) held in Belgrade, Serbia.

== Career ==

In 2020, Scherrer won the silver medal in the [92{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2020_European_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_92_kg) event at the [European Wrestling Championships](/source/2020_European_Wrestling_Championships) held in Rome, Italy.<ref name="uww_european_championships_results_2020">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="chamizo_wins_battle_2020">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090670/european-wrestling-championships|title=Chamizo wins battle of the champions as Russia take two golds on final day of European Wrestling Championships|date=16 February 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="turkish_wrestler_karadeniz_aa_2020">{{Cite news|last=Erözden|first=Can|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/turkish-wrestler-karadeniz-becomes-european-champion/1736011|title=Turkish wrestler Karadeniz becomes European champion|date=16 February 2020|work=Anadolu Agency|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> In the final, he lost against [Süleyman Karadeniz](/source/S%C3%BCleyman_Karadeniz) of Turkey.<ref name="uww_european_championships_results_2020"/>

In the same year, Scherrer also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 92{{nbsp}}kg event at the [2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup](/source/2020_Individual_Wrestling_World_Cup) held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="uww_individual_world_cup_results_book_2020">{{Cite web|title=2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref><ref name="russia_four_golds_uww_champs_2020">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=17 December 2020|title=Russia claim four freestyle golds as UWW Individual World Cup continues|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102130/russia-four-golds-uww-champs|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> In March 2021, he competed at the [European Qualification Tournament](/source/2021_European_Wrestling_Olympic_Qualification_Tournament) in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> He was eliminated in his first match by [Radosław Baran](/source/Rados%C5%82aw_Baran) of Poland.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021"/> A month later, Scherrer won the silver medal in the [men's 92{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2021_European_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_92_kg) event at the [2021 European Wrestling Championships](/source/2021_European_Wrestling_Championships) held in Warsaw, Poland.<ref name="russia_claim_three_more_golds_european_championships_2021">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=21 April 2021|title=Russia claim three more golds on day three of European Wrestling Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106954/russia-three-golds-european-wrestling|access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2021|access-date=25 April 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In May 2021, he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the [World Olympic Qualification Tournament](/source/2021_World_Wrestling_Olympic_Qualification_Tournament) held in Sofia, Bulgaria.<ref name="uww_world_olympic_qualification_tournament_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

Scherrer competed in the [97{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2022_World_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_97_kg) event at the [2022 World Wrestling Championships](/source/2022_World_Wrestling_Championships) held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> He also competed at the [2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament](/source/2023_Dan_Kolov_%26_Nikola_Petrov_Tournament) in Sofia, Bulgaria and in the [97{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2023_European_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_97_kg) event at the [2023 European Wrestling Championships](/source/2023_European_Wrestling_Championships) held in Zagreb, Croatia. In the same year, Scherrer also competed in the [97{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2023_World_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_97_kg) event at the [World Wrestling Championships](/source/2023_World_Wrestling_Championships) held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="world_wrestling_championships_results_book_2023">{{Cite web |title=2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

Scherrer competed at the [2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament](/source/2024_European_Wrestling_Olympic_Qualification_Tournament) in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) in Paris, France.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/> Scherrer also competed at the [2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament](/source/2024_World_Wrestling_Olympic_Qualification_Tournament) held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.<ref name="world_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Year
!Tournament
!Venue
!Result
!Event
|-
|2020
|[European Championships](/source/2020_European_Wrestling_Championships)
|Rome, Italy
|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[Freestyle 92{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2020_European_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_92_kg)
|-
|2021
|[European Championships](/source/2021_European_Wrestling_Championships)
|Warsaw, Poland
|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[Freestyle 92{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2021_European_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_92_kg)
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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Category:Living people
Category:1997 births
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Swiss male sport wrestlers
Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen

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