Sam Schachter

Samuel Schachter (born May 8, 1990) is a Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player. In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May. He and partner Josh Binstock were 2014 Canadian national champions, and represented Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he and Binstock earned silver medals.

Early and personal life
Schachter was born in North York, Ontario, now lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and is Jewish. His parents are Jon and Doris Schachter, and he has an older brother Nathan.

He attended Westmount Collegiate Institute for high school. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, competing for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, with whom he was Ontario University Athletics Rookie of the Year. He has coached the Toronto Varsity Blues, George Brown College, and York University 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 in volleyball, losing the gold medal to the Israelis.

In 2014 he and his then-partner Josh Binstock 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 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. In June of that year they also came in second at the Major Series tournament in Porec, Croatia, 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, where they came in 19th.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he and Binstock earned silver medals.