Sam Schachter
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 Schachter at the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||
| Born | May 8, 1990 North York, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||
| Hometown | Richmond Hill, Ontario | |||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb)[1] | |||||||||||
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Sam Schachter (born May 8, 1990)[2][3] is a Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player.
Schachter was born in North York, Ontario, lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario. His parents Jon and Doris Schachter, and he has an older brother Nathan.[2] He attended Westmount Collegiate Institute for high school.[4] He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.[2]
In 2014 he and his then partner Josh Binstock were Canadian national champions and also won a gold medal at the Parana Open, an FIVB (international volleyball federation) World Tour event. In 2015 they competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, and finished 8th.[5] Schachter competed along with Binstock at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]
References
- ^ a b Sam Schachter | Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games
- ^ a b c COC Profile
- ^ FIVB Profile
- ^ Volleyball Canada
- ^ "Canada's Pan Am beach volleyball team boasts rising stars". CBC Sports. Toronto, Canada. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter win final Canadian Olympic beach volleyball spot". www.olympics.cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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