Jan Scherrer

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jan Scherrer

| image = Jan Scherrer – 20th Leysin Nescafé Champs, 8th - 13th February 2011 (32).jpg

| caption = Scherrer in 2011

| nationality = Swiss

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|7|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wildhaus, Switzerland

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 70 kg

| country = Switzerland

| sport = Snowboarding

| event = Halfpipe

| club = SC Davos

| medaltemplates =

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Jan Scherrer (born 11 July 1994) is a Swiss snowboarder. He is a three-time Olympian, representing Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-jan-scherrer Jan Scherrer – Switzerland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706041553/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-jan-scherrer |date=6 July 2014 }} – Sochi 2014 Olympics He placed third to win the bronze medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Career

Scherrer was born in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=Jan Scherrer Snowboard Athlete Profile {{!}} Dew Tour Videos, Photos, and More |url=https://dewtour.com/riders/jan-scherrer/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Dew Tour |language=en-US}} He began snowboarding at age 7 in 2001 and began competing in the 2002-2003 season.{{Cite web |title=Jan Scherrer |url=http://dev.worldsnowboardtour.com/riders/jan-scherrer/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=World Snowboarding |language=en-US}}

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.[http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/SB/7011/7011RLRQ.pdf Qualification Results]{{cite news |url=http://www.swissolympicteam.ch/olympische-spiele/winterspiele/sochi-2014/news/gold-fuer-iouri.html |title=Iouri Podladtchikov gewinnt Gold! |publisher=Swiss Olympic |language=German |date=February 11, 2014 |accessdate=February 12, 2014}}

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.[http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/SB/7076/2018SB7076RLQ.pdf Qualification results][http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/SB/7077/2018SB7077RLF.pdf Final results]

In Scherrer's third Olympic appearance at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, he claimed the bronze medal with a final score of 87.25.{{Cite news |title=Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Final Results |work=Olympics |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/static/owg2022/pdf/OWG2022/SBD/OWG2022_SBD_C73H_SBDMHP----------------FNL---------.pdf}}

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.{{Cite web |date=29 January 2023 |title=Winter X Games Aspen 2023: All results and medals - complete list |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/winter-x-aspen-2023-all-results-medals-complete-list |access-date=23 May 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Bruton |first=Michelle |title=Winter X Games 2023: Full Results, Medal Winners and Best Trick Highlights |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10063420-winter-x-games-2023-full-results-medal-winners-and-best-trick-highlights |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Coryell |first=Olivia |date=2020-01-24 |title=X Games Aspen 2020 Day One News and Results |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2020/01/x-games-aspen-2020-day-one-news-and-results/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=ESPN Press Room U.S. |language=en-US}} He also secured a bronze medal in the halfpipe at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, and Bakuriani, Georgia.[https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2021/SB/6038/2021SB6038RLF.pdf Final results]{{cite web |date=3 March 2023 |title=Men's Snowboard Halfpipe – Overall Results |url=https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2023/SB/6090/2023SB6090RLF.pdf |access-date=3 March 2023 |publisher=FIS}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-20 |title='I finally got tattooed': Jan Scherrer pays off bet to wife with new ink |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/34840988/jan-scherrer-tattoo-beijing-winter-olympics |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-24 |title=Jan Scherrer, Olympic snowboard medalist, 'loses' bet, gets funny tattoo |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/10/24/jan-scherrer-tattoo-snowboarding/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=OlympicTalk {{!}} NBC Sports |language=en-US}}

References

External links

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{{X Games profile|new_id=jan-scherrer|old_id=3023776}}
[https://www.swissolympicteam.ch/de/olympische-missionen/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team/athletenportrait?athleteId=8486 Jan Scherrer] at the Swiss Olympic Association {{in lang|de}}

Category:1994 births

Category:Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Living people

Category:Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland

Category:Swiss male snowboarders

Category:People from Toggenburg

Category:X Games competitors

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland

Category:Olympic medalists in snowboarding

Category:Sportspeople from the canton of St. Gallen

Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen