Chiara Scherrer (born 24 January 1996) is a Swiss steeplechase runner. She is a four-time Swiss Athletics Championships winner outdoors and two-time Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships winner, and she is the all-time Swiss record-holder in the 5K run, 2000 m steeplechase, 3000 m steeplechase, and indoor 3000 m.
 Scherrer at the First Division 2021 European Athletics Team Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1996 (28 years, 99 days old)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3000 metres steeplechase 3000 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Club | TG Hütten[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 9:20.28 NR (2022) 9:10.33 NR (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Scherrer first gained international experience in 2014 at the World U20 Championships in Eugene, where she was eliminated in the preliminary round with a time of 11:05.00. The following year at the European U20 Championships in Eskilstuna, she was also eliminated with a 10:56.16 mark.[1]
In 2017, she finished eighth at the European U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz with a time of 10:06.41.[2][permanent dead link][1] In 2018, she placed fourth in the U23 race at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg.[1] She gained her first senior international experience later in 2018 at the European Championships in Berlin, where she was eliminated in the preliminary round with a time of 9:47.46. The following year, she finished fourth at the Summer Universiade in Naples with a time of 9:47.38.[3][4]
In 2021, she won the Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern meeting with a time of 9:40.30, and subsequently finished 59th at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. The following year, she improved the Swiss record in the 3000 m steeplechase to 9:20.28 at the Paris Diamond League, shortly before finishing third at the BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm. She was then eliminated in the preliminary round of the 2022 World Championships in Athletics with a 9:22.15 clocking in the preliminary round and finished 13th at the European Championships in Munich with a time of 9:43.95.[1]
Scherrer has won Swiss national championship medals in the 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 3000 m steeplchase, and cross country.[5]
Statistics edit
Personal bests edit
| Event | Mark | Place | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref |
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| 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:20.28 NR | 5th | Paris Diamond League | Paris, France | 18 June 2022 | [1] |
| 3000 metres | 9:10.33 sh NR |  |
Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships | Macolin, Switzerland | 20 February 2021 | [1] |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Chiara Scherrer at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ Andrea Vieira (20 July 2017). "Chiara Scherrer kehrt mit Bestzeit von der U23-Em zurück" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2020.[dead link]
- ^ Swiss-Athletics (fre) (11 July 2019). "Chiara Scherrer läuft an der Universiade auf den 4. Platz" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Thomas Kofler (12 July 2019). "Universiade 2019: Chiara Scherrer in dramatischem Rennen Vierte" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Beat Lanzendorfer (27 August 2019). "Zwei Silbermedaillen für die Bütschwilerin Chiara Scherrer". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2020.