Markus Scherer
Markus Scherer ( born July 20, 1962 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a former German wrestler. He was Olympic silver medalist in 1984 and 1989 European champion in Greco-Roman style in the paper weight.
Career
Markus Scherer is the youngest of three brothers struggling ( Freddy, Bernd, Markus ). They began in the late 1960s with success coach Walter Gehring, which formed a series of Palatine wrestlers to world -class athletes, with the rings.
Like his older brothers belonged Markus Scherer as a teenager in his age group for the German top class in the Greco- Roman style. In 1973, he finished with 12 years in the German school championships ( age group up to 14 years ) in the class up to 25 kg body weight 3rd place. In 1975, Scherer was German Master students in the class to 31 kg. German youth champion in the class to 44 kg body weight, it was 1980 and German junior champion in 1981 and 1982 (each in the class to 48 kg). In 1983, Markus Scherer German champion was first in the seniors in the paper weight ( light flyweight ). He was now at the " Wilfried Dietrich club" VfK Schiffer city.
The three Scherer brothers weighed as Senior Ringer usually between 50 kg and 55 kg. As they wrestled exclusively in the Greco-Roman style, they made almost always competing with each other. To achieve international success, they also had to work off ( to 48 kg) because of their physical condition is always in the paper weight.
Of the three brothers Markus Scherer scored at international level, probably the greatest successes. Already in 1982 in Leipzig, he became European Junior Champion in paper weight before Bratan Zenow (Bulgaria) and Magyatdin Allachwerdijew (USSR). In 1983, Markus Scherer Military World Champion ( CISM organization ) and finished at the European Championships in Budapest in paper weight a good 4th place. In the autumn of the same year he celebrated winning the World Cup runner-up in Kiev.
In 1984, Markus Scherer focused entirely on the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He fought there and lost the excellent paper weight only in the final against the Italian Vincenzo Maenza.
In the next few years Scherer wrestled to escape the exhausting detraining in international championships often also flyweight. He won in those years, although no medals, but he achieved some excellent placements, such as the 6th place in the World Cup 1985 in Kolbotn, the 4th place in the European championship 1987 in Tampere and 6th at the Olympic 1988 Games in Seoul. However, a huge success succeeded Markus Scherer at the European Championships 1989 in Oulu paper weight. With three victories over wrestlers from the Eastern bloc countries, which at that time dominated the wrestling, he was European champion.
Then Markus Scherer was active at the international level until 1991, but could not build on the great successes. When in 1992 he no longer qualified for the Olympic Games in Barcelona, he ended his international career Ringer.
Markus Scherer was a number of years an employee of the City Council Schiffer city. After he had qualified on the second chance, he completed a degree in physical education teacher. He is currently a coach or director of Olympic training Schiffer city. Markus Scherer is also very successful in this field; one of his students is Denis Kudla, who in 2011 Junior World Champion in wrestling. Also Scherer's son Marvin celebrates meantime success on the wrestling mat; he was in 2008, when 20 - year-old 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 to 48 kg Flyweight, then to 52 kg body weight)
Note: In many statistics, the rankings of the three brothers Mark, Freddy and Dieter Scherer to be mixed. Even in the International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig contain such errors.