Markus Scherer
Markus Scherer (born June 20, 1962 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a former German wrestler . He was an Olympic silver medalist in 1984 and European champion in 1989 in the Greco-Roman style in paper weight.
Career
Markus Scherer is the youngest of three wrestling brothers (Freddy, Bernd, Markus). You started wrestling at the end of the 1960s with successful coach Walter Gehring, who shaped a number of Palatinate wrestlers into world-class athletes.
Like his older brothers, Markus Scherer already belonged to the top German class in Greco-Roman style as a teenager in his age group . In 1973, at the age of 12, he took 3rd place in the German student championships (age group up to 14 years) in the class up to 25 kg body weight. In 1975 Scherer became the German master student in the class up to 31 kg. He became German youth champion in the class up to 44 kg body weight in 1980 and German junior champion in 1981 and 1982 (each in the class up to 48 kg). In 1983 Markus Scherer was the first German champion in the senior class in paper weight (light flyweight). He now belonged to the “Wilfried Dietrich Club” VfK Schifferstadt .
As senior wrestlers, the three Scherer brothers usually weighed between 50 kg and 55 kg. Since they wrestled exclusively in the Greco-Roman style, they almost always competed with one another. In order to achieve international success, they also had to train to paper weight (up to 48 kg) due to their physical requirements.
Of the three brothers, Markus Scherer achieved the greatest successes on an international level. As early as 1982 in Leipzig he was the Junior European Champion in paper weight ahead of Bratan Zenow (Bulgaria) and Magyatdin Allachwerdijew (USSR). In 1983 Markus Scherer became military world champion (CISM organization) and took a good 4th place at the European paper weight championship in Budapest . In the fall of the same year he was able to celebrate winning the runner-up world championship in Kiev .
In 1984, Markus Scherer focused entirely on the Olympic Games in Los Angeles . He fought excellently there and only lost in the paper weight in the final against the Italian Vincenzo Maenza .
In the next few years, Scherer struggled to avoid the exhausting training, at international championships also in flyweight. Although he did not win any medals in those years, he achieved some excellent placements, e.g. B. 6th place at the 1985 World Championships in Kolbotn , 4th place at the 1987 European Championships in Tampere and 6th place at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . However, Markus Scherer achieved a huge success at the 1989 European Championship in Oulu in the paper weight category. With victories over three wrestlers from the Eastern Bloc countries, who dominated the wrestling at that time, he became European champion.
After that, Markus Scherer was active on an international level until 1991, but was no longer able to build on the great successes. When he no longer qualified for the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 , he ended his international wrestling career.
Markus Scherer worked for the city administration of Schifferstadt for several years. After he had qualified accordingly on the second educational path, he completed a degree as a sports teacher. He is currently the trainer and manager of the Schifferstadt Olympic base. Markus Scherer is also very successful in this area; one of his students is Denis Kudla , who became junior world champion in wrestling in 2011 and even won the bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August 2016. Scherer's son Marvin is also celebrating successes on the wrestling mat; In 2008, at the age of 20, he became German junior champion in the weight class up to 50 kg.
International success
(all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, paper weight, then up to 48 kg, flyweight, then up to 52 kg body weight)
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1. | Junior European Championship in Leipzig | paper | before Bratan Zenow , Bulgaria and Magyatdin Allachwerdijew , USSR |
| 1983 | 4th | EM in Budapest | paper | with victories over Bürk, Sweden and Krysztof Mudrecki, Poland and defeats against Awdeychew, USSR and Csaba Vadász , Hungary |
| 1983 | 1. | Military World Cup (CISM) in Villeurbanne , France | paper | before James Jones, USA , Safarnajad, Iran , Saleh, Egypt , Renna, Italy and Quinot, France |
| 1983 | 2. | World Cup in Kiev | paper | with victories over Krysztof Mudrecki, Miti, Romania , Sasaki, Japan and one defeat against Bratan Zenow |
| 1984 | silver | OS in Los Angeles | paper | with wins over Lars Rønningen , Norway , Delgado, Mexico , Jun Dae-Je, Korea and Ikuzo Saito, Japan and one defeat against Vincenzo Maenza , Italy |
| 1985 | 9. | EM in Leipzig | To fly | after losing to Minsait Tatsetdinow, USSR and Jon Rønningen , Norway |
| 1986 | 6th | World Cup in Kolbotn / Norway | paper | with wins over Ikuzo Saito and James Jones and losses against Bratan Zenow and Raynaldo J. Verona, Cuba |
| 1986 | unpl. | EM in Athens | paper | after a victory (point win with 17:15 points) over Iwan Samtajew , USSR, a defeat against Lars Rønningen and a shoulder win over Giorgios Nikitas, Greece , Scherer suffered a faint attack. The German doctor took care of him and was only able to give a certificate to the jury late. The FILA officials then removed him from the evaluation on the grounds that the certificate had been given late. A decision that is not very athletic |
| 1986 | 10. | World Cup in Budapest | To fly | with a win over László Bíró , Hungary and defeats to Mihai Cişmaş , Romania, Valentin Krumow, Bulgaria and Esa Murtuaro, Finland |
| 1987 | 1. | Grand Prix tournament in Budapest | paper | before László Bíró , Andrzej Głąb , Poland and Jozsef Farago , Hungary |
| 1987 | 4th | EM in Tampere | paper | with wins over Jozsef Farago , Patrick Magnusson, Sweden and Georgios Nikitas and defeats against Bratan Zenow and Sergei Suworow, USSR |
| 1987 | 13. | World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand | paper | after losing to Lars Rønningen and Li Haisheng, People's Republic of China |
| 1987 | 4th | FILA Grand Prix tournament in Budapest | paper | behind Vincenzo Maenza, Bratan Zenow and Andrzej Głąb and in front of Raynaldo Jimenez, Kuba and Magyatin Allachwerdijew |
| 1988 | 6th | EM in Kolbotn / Norway | To fly | with wins over Haaparanta, Finland and Öztürk, Turkey and defeats to Mihai Cişmaş, Jon Rønningen and Peter Stjernberg, Sweden |
| 1988 | 6th | OS in Seoul | paper | with victories over Majid Sinkhah, Iran and Yang Zhizhong, China and defeats against Bratan Zenow , Vincenzo Maenza and Khaled Al-Faraj, Syria |
| 1989 | 1. | EM in Oulu | paper | with victories over Jozsef Farago, Oleg Kutscherenko , USSR and Daniel Jankow, Bulgaria |
| 1989 | 11. | World Cup in Martigny / Switzerland | To fly | with a win over Csaba Vadasz and defeats to Jon Rønningen and Alexander Ignatenko , USSR |
| 1990 | 2. | Grand Prix of the FRG in Saarbrücken | paper | behind Wilber Sánchez , Cuba and in front of Fuat Yildiz , FRG, Iliuță Dăscălescu , Romania and Mortera Papynaiefaro, Iran |
| 1990 | 10. | World Cup in Rome | paper | with a win over Hu, Taiwan and losses to Raiko Marinow, Bulgaria and Ebnia Koishi, Japan |
| 1991 | 11. | World Cup in Varna | paper | with a victory over Dov Grobemann, Israel and defeats against Hu Ri-Cha, China and Min Kyung-Gab, Korea |
Note: In many statistics, the placements of the three brothers Markus, Freddy and Dieter Scherer are mixed up. Such errors can even be found in the International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig.
German championships
| year | space | Weight class | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2. | paper | behind Christoph Hellmann, Köllerbach and in front of Volker Eller, Mülheim-Styrum |
| 1982 | 2. | paper | behind Freddy Scherer , Wiesental and in front of Volker Eller |
| 1983 | 1. | paper | before Peter Behl , Mömbris -Königshofen and Achim Heugabel, Mömbris-Königshofen |
| 1984 | 1. | To fly | before Jürgen Kleer , Köllerbach and Peter Behl |
| 1985 | 1. | To fly | before Christian Eglseer, Bad Reichenhall and Udo Schmitt, Nuremberg |
| 1986 | 1. | To fly | before Bernd Scherer , Wiesental and Karl Waller, Regensburg |
| 1987 | 1. | To fly | in front of Frank Flohr, Graben-Neudorf and Andreas Loyal, Freiburg-Haslach |
| 1988 | 2. | To fly | behind Bernd Scherer and in front of Rosario Schmitt, Schifferstadt |
| 1989 | 1. | To fly | before Christian Fabisz, Bad Reichenhall and Holger Rauscher, Goldbach |
| 1990 | 1. | To fly | ahead of Rosario Schmitt , Reilingen and Andreas Loyal |
| 1991 | 1. | paper | before Fuat Yildiz and Rainer Oehme, Mömbris-Königshofen |
| 1992 | 3. | To fly | behind Olaf Brandt , Witten and Jan Ulbrich , Mömbris-Königshofen |
| 1993 | 1. | To fly | before Juri Kohl , Köllerbach and Frank Richter, Bad Reichenhall |
| 1994 | 1. | To fly | before Rainer Oehme and Alexander Deibert, Witten |
literature
- various issues of the specialist magazine "Der Ringer" from 1973 to 1992
- "Hundred Years of Wrestling in Germany", Verlag "Der Ringer", Niedernberg, 1991
Web links
- Profile of Markus Scherer at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Markus Scherer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scherer, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |