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. He competed with partner Daniel Dearing at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's tournament. In 2025 he partnered with Jonny Pickett and they recently competed together in the FIVB World Championships in Adelaide, Australia where they finished a strong 17th after a loss to number 1 seeds from Norway.

Early and personal life Schachter was born in North York, Ontario, lived in Richmond Hill, Ontario, now lives in Scarborough, 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 2009 Rookie of the Year and CIS All-Rookie Team.

Volleyball career 2010–2016; 2016 Rio Olympics In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May.

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.

2017–present; 2024 Paris Olympics

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he and Sam Pedlow won the silver medal at Gold Coast.

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, in the Men's tournament, he and Dearing lost their first match 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) to reigning world champions Ondřej Perušič and David Schweiner of the Czech Republic at Eiffel Tower Stadium on the Champ de Mars.