William Scherr
William Harold "Bill" Scherr (born July 27, 1961 in Eureka , South Dakota ) is a former American wrestler and coach.
Career
Bill Scherr is from South Dakota. He began wrestling at Mobridge High School with his twin brother James Scherr . In addition, he was also active in American football , athletics and rodeo riding at a young age . After his first major successes in wrestling, however, he concentrated entirely on this sport. In 1980, he became the American junior middleweight, free style champion. Since 1982 he attended Nebraska State University , where he continued his success in wrestling in higher education. From 1985 he started regularly at the World Wrestling Championships and represented the USA together with his twin brother Jim at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
He made his debut at a world championship in 1985 in Budapest. He surprised the international wrestling world because he won the world light heavyweight title. In the final he defeated Roland Dudziak from the GDR.
From 1986 he started a weight class higher, in the heavyweight division. He was again in the final at the World Cup this year in Budapest, but this time lost to the strong Soviet athlete Arslan Hadartzew just on points.
From 1987 Bill started for the Saunksit Kids and won another medal at the World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand . He lost in the semifinals to Leri Chabelowi from the USSR and won the battle for the bronze medal against Julius Strnisko from the CSSR.
In 1988 Bill also won an Olympic medal. In the battle for the bronze medal, he defeated Uwe Neupert from the GDR on points.
In 1989 he started at a world championship for the last time and was runner-up again in Martigny / Switzerland. In the final he was defeated by the Soviet wrestler Akhmed Atawow with 5: 9 points.
In addition to these championships, Bill Scherr also frequently took part in the World Cup tournaments that were taking place in Toledo in the USA at that time and landed great successes there. So he defeated the Soviet Olympic champions Leri Chabelowi and Sanassar Howhannisjan here .
Bill Scherr was an active wrestler coach at Indiana University . He later took over the US women's team as the responsible trainer. In 2005 he, who is now in Glenview / Ill. resident, was named U.S. Coach of the Year after being inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1998.
International success
year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
1985 | 1. | World Cup in Budapest | Semi-difficult | before Roland Dudziak, GDR , Kamen Tomow, Bulgaria , Robert Tibilow, USSR , Dsewegiin Düwtschin , Mongolia and Gabor Toth, Hungary |
1986 | 2. | World Cup in Toledo / USA | Semi-difficult | before Macharbek Chadarzew , USSR and before Roberto Limontos Varga, Cuba and Düwtschin |
1986 | 2. | World Cup in Budapest | Heavy | behind Aslan Chadarzew , USSR and in front of Georgi Jantschew , Bulgaria, Istvan Robotka , Hungary, Wilfried Colling , FRG and Julius Strnisko, CSSR |
1987 | 1. | Pan-American Games in Indianapolis | Heavy | before Luis Miranda Leon, Cuba and Gavin Carrow, Canada |
1987 | 3. | World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand | Heavy | behind Leri Chabelowi , USSR and Vasile Puşcaşu , Romania and in front of Strnisko, Jantschew and Boldyn Jawchlantögs , Mongolia |
1988 | bronze | OS in Seoul | Heavy | behind Puşcaşu and Chabelowi and in front of Uwe Neupert , GDR, Georgi Karadutschew, Bulgaria and Javklantugs |
1988 | 2. | World Cup in Toledo / USA | Heavy | behind Akhmed Atawow , USSR and in front of Alfredo Alvarez, Cuba |
1989 | 1. | Pan American Championship | Heavy | ahead of Guillermo Diaz, Mexico and Geovany Redmond, Cuba |
1989 | 2. | World Cup in Martigny / Switzerland | Heavy | behind Atawow and in front of Neupert, Steve Marshall, Canada, Mahmut Demir , Turkey and Sandor Kiss, Hungary |
1989 | 1. | World Cup in Toledo / USA | Heavy | before Sanassar Howhannisjan , USSR and Steve Marshall |
1990 | 1. | World Cup in Toledo / USA | Heavy | before Leri Chabelowi, Mahmut Demir and Steve Marshall |
USA championships
Bill Scherr won the USA free style championships in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992 respectively in heavyweight and in Greco-Roman style in 1982 light heavyweight.
Explanations
- all free style competitions
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- Medium weight, weight class up to 82 kg, light weight, up to 90 kg and heavy weight, up to 100 kg body weight
Web links
- Profile of William Scherr at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
- William Scherr in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Short biography in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (English)
- Statistics in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (English)
- William Scherr in the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Scherr, William |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scherr, William Harold; Scherr, Bill |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eureka , South Dakota , United States |