Sam Schachter

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| name = Sam Schachter

| image = 20170730 Beach Volleyball WM Vienna 3808.jpg

| caption = Schachter at the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna

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| nickname = Sammy{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/beach-volleyball/athlete-profile-n6028752-sam-schachter.htm|title=Beach Volleyball | Athlete Profile: Sam SCHACHTER - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|website=results.gc2018.com}}

| nationality = {{CAN}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age | 1990 | 05 | 8 | mf=yes }}

| birth_place = North York, Ontario, Canada

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| hometown = Richmond Hill, Ontario

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| weight = 80kg{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Player_DataDB.asp?No=120717|title=FIVB Profile}}

| college = Wilfrid Laurier University

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| currentteammate = Daniel Dearing

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| teammates = Garrett May, Josh Binstock

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Samuel Schachter (born May 8, 1990) is a Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Player_DataDB.asp?No=120717|title=FIVB Profile}} In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May. He and partner Josh Binstock were 2014 Canadian national champions, and represented Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he and Binstock earned silver medals. He is competing with partner Daniel Dearing at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's tournament.

Early and personal life

Schachter was born in North York, Ontario, lived in Richmond Hill, Ontario, now lives in Scarborough, Ontario, and is Jewish.[http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=9346 "Sam Schachter,"] bvb.{{Cite web|url=https://thecjn.ca/arts/sports/binstock-schachter-ready-rio/|title=Jewish Olympians Binstock and Schachter are ready for Rio|date=August 4, 2016|website=The Canadian Jewish News}} His parents are Jon and Doris Schachter, and he has an older brother Nathan. He was married to former Canadian beach volleyball player Julie Gordon in September 2024.[https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-to-know-about-jewish-beach-volleyball-player-sam-schachter/ "18 Things to Know About Jewish Beach Volleyball Player Sam Schachter,"] Hey Alma.

He attended Westmount Collegiate Institute for high school.{{Cite web|url=https://volleyball.ca/en/athletes/sam-schachter|title=Sam Schachter|website=Volleyball Canada}} He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, competing for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, with whom he was Ontario University Athletics 2009 Rookie of the Year and CIS All-Rookie Team.[https://olympic.ca/team-canada/sam-schachter/ "Sam Schachter,"] olympic.ca.{{Cite web|url=https://yorkulions.ca/sports/mens-volleyball/roster/coaches/sam-schachter/919|title=Sam Schachter - Men's Volleyball Coach|website=York University Athletics}}

He has coached the Toronto Varsity Blues, George Brown College, and York University men's volleyball teams.{{Cite web|url=https://volleyballmag.com/sandcast-schacter-dearing-031622/|title=Sam Schachter and Dan Dearing: Considering retirement to honeymooning|first=Travis|last=Mewhirter|date=March 16, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://varsityblues.ca/staff-directory/sam-schachter/1115|title=Sam Schachter - Men's Volleyball - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory|website=University of Toronto Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.georgebrown.ca/sports/mvball/coaches/Sam_Schachter|title=George Brown College Athletics|website=George Brown College Athletics}}

Volleyball career

=2010–2016; 2016 Rio Olympics=

In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May.

At the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and his then-partner Josh Binstock playing for Team Canada won a silver medal in volleyball, losing the gold medal to the Israelis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.maccabicanada.com/about-us/history-and-milestones/19th-maccabiah-2013/2013-delegation|title=2013 Delegation|website=Maccabi Canada}}

In 2014 he and Binstock were Canadian national champions. They also won a gold medal at the Parana Open, an FIVB (international volleyball federation) World Tour event. He was named the (U.S.) National Volleyball League (NVL) 2014 Best Defensive Player.[http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=9346 "Sam Schachter,"] Beach Volleyball Database.

In 2015 they competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, and finished 8th, after Schachter suffered a back injury prevented them from playing in the relegation round.{{cite news |date=18 June 2015 |title=Canada's Pan Am beach volleyball team boasts rising stars |url=http://panam.cbc.ca/news/article/canada-pan-beach-volleyball-team-boasts-rising-stars.html|newspaper=CBC Sports |location=Toronto, Canada |access-date=20 June 2015}} They finished 9th at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. In June of that year they also came in second at the Major Series tournament in Poreč, Croatia, the first time a Canadian men's team had reached the podium in a major FIVB World Tour event since 1997. They competed in the 2015 FIVB World Championship, finishing ninth.

In May 2016, they finishing second at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Cincinnati Open.

Schachter competed along with Binstock at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where they came in 19th.{{cite web |url=http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/josh-binstock-and-sam-schachter-win-final-canadian-olympic-beach-volleyball-spot.html |title=Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter win final Canadian Olympic beach volleyball spot|date=16 July 2016 |website=www.olympics.cbc.ca |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=16 July 2016}}

=2017–present; 2024 Paris Olympics=

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At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he and Sam Pedlow won the silver medal at Gold Coast.

Schachter and Daniel Dearing teamed up in 2022. They qualified for the 2022 FIVB World Championships. They then won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Schachter and Dearing then won the 2022 NORCECA Beach Tour Final, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

In September 2023, Schachter and Dearing earned a Beach Pro Tour victory together, at the Futures event in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In June 2024 he and Dearing won the NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tlaxcala, Mexico, winning all six matches in straight sets, qualifying them for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[https://laurierathletics.com/news/2024/6/24/alumni-golden-hawks-volleyball-alum-sam-schachter-qualifies-for-paris-olympics.aspx "Golden Hawks volleyball alum Sam Schachter qualifies for Paris Olympics,"] Golden Hawks.

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, in the Men's tournament, he and Dearing lost their first match 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) to reigning world champions Ondřej Perušič and David Schweiner of the Czech Republic at Eiffel Tower Stadium on the Champ de Mars.[https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/olympics-paris-day-2-roundup-july-28-1.7277926 "Canadian rugby sevens women defeat Fiji, fall to New Zealand to open Paris 2024 campaign,"] CBC.

References

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{{FIVB|name=Samuel Schachter}}
{{Beach Volleyball Database|name=Sam Schachter}}
{{Volleyball Canada|sam-schachter|Sam Schachter}}
{{Team Canada|name=Sam Schachter}}
{{Olympedia|name=Sam Schachter}}
{{Olympics.com|samuel-schachter|Samuel Schachter}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20241007134036/https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/samuel-schachter_1967345 Samuel Schachter] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/samuel-schachter_1967345 alternate link])
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|48788|Sam Schachter}}
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