Sarah Scherer (born February 12, 1991, in

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) is an American

sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

. She competed at the

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, finishing in 7th place at Women's 10 metre air rifle. In the same event in 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 ...

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she finished 8th. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she also competed in the women's 50 m rifle - 3 positions event, finishing in 33rd place. She had previously won a junior silver medal in this event in 2010. Sarah's elder brother Stephen Scherer was also a sports shooter who competed in the 10 metre air rifle of the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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Bio on london2012.com
Living people American female sport shooters Olympic shooters of the United States Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1991 births Sportspeople from Salt Lake City TCU Horned Frogs rifle shooters 21st-century American women {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub