Bill Scherr
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Full name | William Harold Scherr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | July 27, 1961 Eureka, South Dakota, U.S. | (age 60)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Harold Scherr (born July 27, 1961) is an American former wrestler who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, for the United States.
Born in Eureka, South Dakota, Scherr also competed in the World Championships for wrestling (85', 86, 87', and 89'), earning a gold medal in 1985 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Budapest for freestyle. He wrestled at the University of Nebraska and won the 190 pound NCAA championship in 1984.[1]
Accomplishments[]
- Gold Medal – 1985 FILA World Championship 90 kg
- Silver Medal – 1986 FILA World Championship 100 kg
- Bronze Medal – 1987 FILA World Championship 100 kg
- Bronze Medal – 1988 Olympics Freestyle Wrestling Weight:100 kg
- Silver Medal – 1989 FILA World Championship 100 kg
References[]
- ^ "Honoree: Bill Scherr". National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- Bill Scherr at United World Wrestling
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Scherr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- American male sport wrestlers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling
- People from Eureka, South Dakota
- Sportspeople from South Dakota
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Wrestlers at the 1987 Pan American Games
- American Olympic medalist stubs
- American sport wrestler stubs