Samuel Schachter (born May 8, 1990) is a Canadian Olympic
beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...
player.
In 2010 he won the
FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May. At the
2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and Team Canada won a silver medal. He and partner
Josh Binstock
Josh Binstock (born January 12, 1981), nicknamed Binner, is a male two-time Olympian beach volleyball player from Canada. He competed in the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He also competed for Canada in volleybal ...
were 2014 Canadian national champions, and represented Canada at the
2015 Pan American Games
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and the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
. At the
2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...
, he and Binstock earned silver medals.
Early and personal life
Schachter was born in
North York
North York is one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly north of York, Old Toronto and East York, between Etobicoke to the west and Scarborough to the east. As of the 2016 Census, it had a popu ...
,
Ontario
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, now lives in
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 202,022) is a city in south-central Regional Municipality of York, York Region, Ontario, Canada. Part of the Greater Toronto Area, it is the York Region's third most populous municipality and th ...
, and is Jewish.
His parents are Jon and Doris Schachter, and he has an older brother Nathan.
He attended
Westmount Collegiate Institute
Westmount Collegiate Institute is a high school in the Thornhill, Ontario district of the greater city of Vaughan. It opened its doors in 1996, as part of the multi-purpose campus now known as the Jean Augustine Complex, named for Jean Augustin ...
for high school. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies at
Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. The newer Brantford and Milton campuses are not considered satellite campuses ...
, competing for the
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, commonly shortened to Laurier Golden Hawks, is the name used by the varsity sports teams of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University ...
, with whom he was
Ontario University Athletics
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Rookie of the Year.
He has coached the
Toronto Varsity Blues
The Toronto Varsity Blues is the intercollegiate sports program at the University of Toronto. Its 43 athletic teams regularly participate in competitions held by Ontario University Athletics and U Sports. The Varsity Blues traces its founding to ...
,
George Brown College
George Brown College is a public, fully accredited college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Like many other colleges in Ontario, GBC was chartered in 1966 by the government of Ontario and ...
, and
York University
York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...
men's volleyball teams.
Volleyball career
In 2010 he won the
FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May.
At the
2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and Team Canada won a
silver medal
A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...
in volleyball, losing the gold medal to the Israelis.
In 2014 he and his then-partner
Josh Binstock
Josh Binstock (born January 12, 1981), nicknamed Binner, is a male two-time Olympian beach volleyball player from Canada. He competed in the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He also competed for Canada in volleybal ...
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.
In 2015 they competed at the
2015 Pan American Games
Fifteen or 15 may refer to:
*15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16
*one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015
Music
*Fifteen (band), a punk rock band
Albums
* ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005
* ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb ...
in Toronto, and finished 8th, after Schachter suffered a back injury prevented them from playing in the relegation round. They finished 9th at the 2015
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable ...
.
In June of that year they also came in second at the
Major Series tournament in
Porec,
Croatia
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, 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
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
, where they came in 19th.
At the
2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...
, he and Binstock earned silver medals.
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian people
21st-century Canadian people
Beach volleyball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Beach volleyball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Canadian men's beach volleyball players
Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
George Brown College faculty
Sportspeople from North York
Sportspeople from Richmond Hill, Ontario
Olympic beach volleyball players of Canada
University of Toronto alumni
Jewish Canadian sportspeople
Pan American Games competitors for Canada
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Maccabiah Games competitors by sport
Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Canada
Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games
University of Toronto faculty
Volleyball players from Toronto
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks players
York University faculty
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games