Career
Scherrer was born in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, Switzerland. [2] He began snowboarding at age 7 in 2001 and began competing in the 2002-2003 season. [3]
In his first Olympic showing at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Scherrer finished the qualification in 9th place of the 2nd heat, qualifying him to the semifinal. However, he suffered a right ankle injury and pulled out of the semifinal, and thus did not compete in the final. [4] [5]
At the 2018 Pyongchang Olympics, finished the qualifier in 6th place with a score of 84.00, and finished in 9th place with a score of 80.50 in the final. [6] [7]
In Scherrer's third Olympic appearance at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, he claimed the bronze medal with a final score of 87.25. [8]
Scherrer also landed podium finishes in major competitions including a silver and bronze medal in the superpipe at the 2023 and 2020 X Games in Aspen, Colorado, respectively. [9] [10] [11] He also secured a bronze medal in the halfpipe at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, and Bakuriani, Georgia. [12] [13]
Personal life
Scherrer has a wife, named Sasha, and a daughter, named Sienna, who was born in May 2022. Scherrer, who had not won a medal in any of his previous Olympic showings, agreed that if he were to win a medal at the 2022 Olympics, he would get a tattoo of his wife's choosing, a bet that he lost with his bronze medal win in the competition. He followed through with the bet in October of that year, getting a tattoo drawn by his wife. [14] [15]
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