Cynthia Mathez

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Cynthia Mathez
Cynthia Mathez Suisse.jpg
Cynthia Mathez in 2023
Personal information
CountryFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Born (1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 39)
Biel, Switzerland
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
CoachYu Yu Wang
Women's singles WH1
Women's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking2 (WS 2 October 2022)
3 (WD with Ilaria Renggli 8 November 2022)
Current ranking3 (WS)
3 (WD with Ilaria Renggli) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Para badminton
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Tokyo Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 RodezWomen's doubles
European Para Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Rotterdam Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Rotterdam Women's singles
BWF profile

Cynthia Mathez (born 10 October 1985) is a Swiss para-badminton player who competes in the WH1 category. Mathez is part of the Swiss national para-badminton team and won gold at the European Para Badminton Championships with her doubles partner Ilaria Renggli in Rotherdam in 2023. She competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and 2024 in Paris. [1]

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Career

Mathez was initially active as a judoka, rugby player and racing driver. In 2009, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and since 2015, she has been reliant on a wheelchair. She initially wanted to compete in wheelchair rugby, but her doctors expressed concerns. Then she turned to para-badminton. [1] [2]

In 2017, Mathez first took part in a BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Ulsan and reached the quarter-finals in doubles with Karin Suter-Erath. In mixed doubles, she was eliminated from the group stage with Christian Hamböck. In 2018, she was successful at the European Championships in Rodez and won gold in doubles with Karin Suter-Erath, while in singles, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals. At the 2019 World Championship in Basel, she was eliminated in the women's and mixed doubles in the group stage.

Mathez participated in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's singles WH1 and women's doubles WH1–WH2 events. [1] [3] At the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, she took part as the lead for the Swiss curling team. [4] [5]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Flag of Japan.svg Sarina Satomi 9–21, 10–21 Med 2.png Silver

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ilaria Renggli Flag of Turkey.svg Emine Seçkin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Man-Kei To
21–12, 10–21, 14–21 Med 3.png Bronze

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Amphitheatre Gymnasium,
Rodez, France
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karin Suter-Erath Flag of Turkey.svg Emine Seçkin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Man-Kei To
21–18, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (8 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022. [6] [7]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2022Bahrain Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of Japan.svg Sarina Satomi 12–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022Dubai Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Hyun-ah12–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
20224 Nations Para Badminton InternationalLevel 1 Flag of Japan.svg Sarina Satomi10–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022Thailand Para Badminton InternationalLevel 1 Flag of Japan.svg Sarina Satomi13–21, 8–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Brazil Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Man-Kei To16–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022Dubai Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ilaria Renggli Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Gyeo-ul
Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Hyun-ah
14–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Spanish Para Badminton International IILevel 2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ilaria Renggli Flag of Japan.svg Sarina Satomi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuma Yamazaki
12–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Brazil Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ilaria Renggli Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Gyeo-ul
Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Hyun-ah
18–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

International Tournaments (1 title, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2021Dubai Para Badminton International Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karin Suter-Erath 16–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Irish Para Badminton International Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karin Suter-Erath Flag of Thailand.svg Sujirat Pookkham
Flag of Thailand.svg Amnouy Wetwithan
8–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021 [a] Dubai Para Badminton International Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karin Suter-Erath Flag of Egypt.svg Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif
Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Gureeva
21–10, 21–17Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
Flag of Turkey.svg Emine Seçkin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Man-Kei To
12–21, 21–19, 10–21
Flag of Russia.svg Liliia Prokofeva
Flag of Russia.svg Nataliia Prokofeva
21–10, 21–6
Flag of Austria.svg Henriett Koósz
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ilaria Renggli
21–19, 21–18

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Dubai Para Badminton International Flag of India.svg Abu Hubaida Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Galdós
Flag of Turkey.svg Emine Seçkin
8–21, 22–20, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Thailand Para Badminton International Flag of India.svg Abu Hubaida Flag of Israel.svg Amir Levi
Flag of Israel.svg Nina Gorodetzky
21–18, 13–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Denmark Para Badminton International Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Luca Olgiati Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Alves
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg To Man-kei
21–12, 18–21, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2020Peru Para Badminton International Flag of India.svg Abu Hubaida Flag of India.svg Prem Kumar Ale
Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Gureeva
9–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Notes

  1. This tournament uses a round robin system.

References

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  2. Beidler, Franz (5 December 2018). "Die Unaufhaltbare". Stadtanzeiger Olten . Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. "Your sport statistics, one place". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. "Tokyo 2020 Results". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. "Cynthia MATHEZ - Wheelchair Curling". Beijing 2022 Paralympics. Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022.
  6. "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". corporate.bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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