# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-scherr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:21:37.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-scherr"
name: "Jim Scherr"
slug: "jim-scherr"
description: "James Edwin Scherr is a former American wrestler and former U.S. Olympic Committee CEO. He placed in three world wrestling championships taking bronze at 90 kg at the 1986 World Wrestling Championships, followed by a silver medal at the 1987 World Championship. He then competed in the men's freestyle 90 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He repeated as silver medalist at 90 kg at the 1989 World Championships. His twin brother Bill Scherr was also an Olympian."
tagline: "American amateur wrestler"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1961-07-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.62
  momentum:             8.508771929824562
  historical:           4.140929333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scherr"
    title: "James Scherr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Scherr"
    title: "Jim Scherr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Scherr"
    title: "Jim Scherr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Шерр, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15820748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations