Armin Scheurer (December 24, 1917 – August 27, 1990) was a Swiss athlete. He held nine national records for his nation. He also coached

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. In 1950 he was Swiss Sports Personality of the Year. He was a

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

during his active career and competed in that discipline at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

, but failed to finish. He was fourth at the

1946 European Athletics Championships The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the champ ...

and fifth at the

1950 European Athletics Championships The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgium, Belgian capital Brussels. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Complet ...

, managing sixth in the individual

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

at the latter event.

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* Swiss football managers FC Aarau managers FC Biel-Bienne managers Swiss decathletes Swiss male pole vaulters 1917 births 1990 deaths Olympic athletes for Switzerland Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub