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Nationality | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
Born | 24 January 1996 (28 years, 215 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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National finals |
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Personal bests | 3000mSC : 9:20.28 NR (2022) 9:10.33 NR (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 1 January 2024 |
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 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]
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] |
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