Bill Scherr
American wrestler (born 1961)
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| Full name | William Harold Scherr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 27, 1961 (1961-07-27) (age 62) Eureka, South Dakota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Nebraska Cornhuskers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William "Bill" Harold Scherr (born July 27, 1961) is an American former wrestler who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, for the United States.[1]
Born in Eureka, South Dakota, Scherr also competed in the World Championships as a freestyle wrestler (85', 86, 87', and 89'), earning a gold medal in 1985 at the FILA Wrestling World Championships in Budapest. In college, Scherr wrestled at the University of Nebraska and won the 190 pound NCAA championship in 1984.[2][3] His twin brother Jim Scherr was also an Olympian.[1]
In 1998, Scherr was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[3]
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 100 kg
- Silver Medal – 1989 FILA World Championship 100 kg
- 1998 – National Wrestling Hall of Fame Distinguished Member
References
- ^ a b 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 April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Honoree: Bill Scherr". nwhof.org. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
- ^ a b "William Scherr". nwhof.org. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
External links
- Bill Scherr at the International Wrestling Database
- Bill Scherr at Olympics.com
- Bill Scherr at Olympedia
- Bill Scherr at the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame
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World Champions in freestyle light heavyweight (92 kg)
- 1951:
Yaşar Doğu (TUR) - 1954:
August Englas (URS) - 1957:
Petko Sirakov (BUL) - 1959:
Gholamreza Takhti (IRI) - 1961: Gholamreza Takhti (IRI)
- 1962:
Aleksandr Medved (URS) - 1963: Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1965: Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- 1966: Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1967: Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- 1969: Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1970: Gennady Strakhov (URS)
- 1971:
Rusi Petrov (BUL) - 1973: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1974: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1975: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1977: Anatoly Prokopchuk (URS)
- 1978:
Uwe Neupert (GDR) - 1979: Khasan Ortzev (URS)
- 1981: Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
- 1982: Uwe Neupert (GDR)
- 1983: Petr Naniev (URS)
- 1985:
Bill Scherr (USA) - 1986: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1987: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1989: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1990: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1991: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1993: Melvin Douglas (USA)
- 1994:
Rasoul Khadem (IRI) - 1995: Rasoul Khadem (IRI)
- 2018: J'den Cox (USA)
- 2019: J'den Cox (USA)
- 2021: Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
- 2022: Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
- 2023:
Rizabek Aitmukhan (KAZ)
- 1951–1961 : 87 kg
- 1962–1967 : 97 kg
- 1969–1995 : 90 kg
- 2018–present : 92 kg
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