Name: Samantha Schultz
Birth date: March 27, 1992

Nickname: Sammy or Sam
Height: 5 ft 6 in        
Weight: 122 lbs
Birthplace: Denver, CO

Residence: Colorado Springs, CO    
High School:  Chatfield Senior High School (2010)
College:  DeVry University
Coaches: Omar ElGizery, Dennis Bowsher, Dan Browne

Sports Played in High School: cross-country, swimming, track, ski racing, horseback riding – three day eventing

Hobbies: Pilates and yoga, anything outdoors, dancing, skiing, cooking, traveling, spending time with family and friends.

Favorite Foods: mangoes, blueberries, salmon, dark chocolate, gelato

Pre-Competition Meal: oatmeal or eggs with fruit

Favorite Athletes: Too many to name! I am constantly inspired by athletes at the Olympic Training Center and all over the world that I have gotten to know and or train with.train.

Favorite Movie: Avatar

Favorite Music: hip hop and country

Favorite Country Visited for Competition: Sweden and Argentina

Did You Know?: I am a certified Pilates instructor. I have hunted deer, antelope, and elk with my dad since I was a kid.

Quotable:

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

2019:
Silver Medal Pan American Games, Lima, Peru, women's individual

2018:

16th place World Cup #2 LA, California

2017:

Gold - USA Modern Pentathlon National Champion

16^th place World Cup #1 LA, California

World Cup Team/National Team

2016:

6^th Place Champion of Champions – Doha, Qatar 

Gold - USA Modern Pentathlon National Champion

 Rio Olympic Games Alternate

Senior World Championships Team Member

13^th place World Cup Final Sarasota, FL

4^th place Mixed Relay World Cup #3 Rome, Italy

5^th place Pan American and S. American Championships Argentina

World Cup/ National team member

2015:

13^th place Champion of Champions Doha, Qatar

11^th place Pan American Games

Senior World Championships Team Member

Gold USA Modern Pentathlon National Champion

Gold Pan American Cup

16^th place World Cup #2 Cairo, Egypt

19^th place World Cup #1 Sarasota, FL

World Cup/ National team member

2014:

Senior World Championships Team Member

10^th place Pan Am and NORCECA Sr. Championships Mexico City

1^st place Women’s Team Relay Pan Am NORCECA Sr. Championships

Silver USA Modern Pentathlon Nationals

15^th place Acapulco Open International Mexico

World Cup/ National Team Member

2013 U.S. Nationals (Senior Division) BRONZE

         (Junior Division) SILVER

                                 (Mixed Relay) BRONZE

2012 U.S. Nationals (Senior Division) GOLD

         (Junior Division) GOLD

2012  Junior World Championships (Drzonkow, Poland): 
                -GOLD in women's relay (w/Isabella Isaksen & Margaux Isaksen)
                -GOLD in women's team event (w/ Isabella Isaksen & Margaux Isaksen)
                -18th in women's individual final

2012 World Championships (Rome, Italy): did not advance past semifinals

            Womens Relay (with Suzanne S. and Mickey Kelly)

            6^th Mixed Relay (with Dennis Bowsher)

2012 NORCECA Championships (Guatemala City, Guatemala): 4th
2012  January Domestic Qualifier (Colorado Springs): 3rd

2011  December Domestic Qualifier (Colorado Springs): 4th
2011  World Championships (Moscow, Russia): did not advance past semifinals
2011  U.S. Nationals (Sr. Division): BRONZE
                                   (Jr. Division): SILVER
2011  NORCECA Championships (Guadalajara, Mexico): 7th individual

SILVER in women's relay with Rendy Lynn Opdycke
2011  Domestic Qualifier in Palm Springs: 4th

2010  Domestic Qualifier in Colorado Springs: 3rd
2010  USAP National Championships (Youth A): 2nd
          USAP National Championships (Junior): 2^nd

          USAP National Championships (Senior/Open): 3rd
2010  Youth A World Championships participant

Specialist Samantha Achterberg is a member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) and is a six-time U.S. National Champion who has competed extensively around the world in Pentathlon World Cups and World Championship.