Gerhard Scharf

{{short description|Austrian para table tennis player}}

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Gerhard Scharf is an Austrian Paralympic athlete and para table tennis player. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics he competed in athletics and at the Summer Paralympics of 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 he competed in individual and team para table tennis events.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/gerhard-scharf|title=Gerhard Scharf|website=paralympic.org|access-date=14 July 2020|publisher=International Paralympic Committee}} In total, he won one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the Summer Paralympics, all in table tennis.[http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/98 Gerhard Scharf], ITTF Para Table Tennis

In the Men's Teams 2 event at the 1992 Summer Paralympics he won the gold medal together with Rudolf Hajek. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics he won two medals in table tennis events: the silver medal in the Men's Teams 1–2, once again together with Rudolf Hajek, and one of the bronze medals in the Men's Singles 2 event.