Chiara Scherrer

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Chiara Scherrer
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Scherrer at the First Division 2021 European Athletics Team Championships
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Born24 January 1996 (29 years, 266 days old) [1]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
 3000 metres steeplechase
3000 metres
Club TG Hütten [1]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
9:20.28 NR (2022)

9:10.33 NR (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
European Team Championships First Division
Bronze medal icon.svg 2021 Cluj-Napoca 3000 m steeplechase
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.

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Career

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

Personal bests

EventMarkPlaceCompetitionVenueDateRef
3000 metres steeplechase 9:20.28 NR 5th Paris Diamond League Paris, France 18 June 2022 [1]
3000 metres 9:10.33 sh NR Gold medal icon.svg Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships Macolin, Switzerland 20 February 2021 [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Chiara Scherrer at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Andrea Vieira (20 July 2017). "Chiara Scherrer kehrt mit Bestzeit von der U23-Em zurück" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2020.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Swiss-Athletics (fre) (11 July 2019). "Chiara Scherrer läuft an der Universiade auf den 4. Platz" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Thomas Kofler (12 July 2019). "Universiade 2019: Chiara Scherrer in dramatischem Rennen Vierte" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Beat Lanzendorfer (27 August 2019). "Zwei Silbermedaillen für die Bütschwilerin Chiara Scherrer". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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