William Scherr

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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

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personal data
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