Karin Suter-Erath

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Karin Suter Erath
Personal information
Born (1970-11-24) 24 November 1970 (age 54)
Basel, Switzerland
Sport
CountryFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Sport Para badminton
Disability class WH1
Medal record
Wheelchair tennis
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Women's doubles
Para badminton
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Guatemala CityWomen's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Dortmund Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 Guatemala CityWomen's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 DortmundWomen's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 Guatemala CityMixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 DortmundMixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Stoke Mandeville Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Basel Women's singles
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 DortmundWomen's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 DortmundMixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 MurciaWomen's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 MurciaWomen's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 MurciaMixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 BeekWomen's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 BeekWomen's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 BeekMixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 RodezWomen's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2010 ManchesterWomen's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 DortmundWomen's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 RodezWomen's singles

Karin Suter-Erath (born 24 November 1970) is a Swiss para badminton player and a former wheelchair tennis player. [1]

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Suter-Erath was a very keen handball and soccer player when aged 13 and played in European handball leagues from the ages of 17 to 27. She studied physical education at university and became a secondary school teacher once she graduated. [2]

In 1997, Suter-Erath was paralysed from the waist down in an accident which caused her to stop playing handball. While in rehab in Nottwil, she tried out wheelchair tennis and when she completed her rehab then she took the sport up professionally. [3] In 2004, Suter-Erath teamed up with Sandra Kalt and competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics and won their first ever Paralympic medal in the women's doubles. From 2005 to 2007, she reached to world number six and was voted as Basel's Athlete of the Year alongside Roger Federer and FC Basel a year later.

As well as being very successful in wheelchair tennis, she took up para badminton and won a silver medal in the women's doubles at the 2010 Para Badminton European Championships in Manchester then won eight medals in the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships and twelve medals in the European championships. [4]

Wheelchair tennis statistics

Karin Suter-Erath
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Singles
Career record227-132
Highest rankingNo. 6 (13 February 2006)
Paralympic Games 1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record172-92
Highest rankingNo. 6 (17 November 2003)
Paralympic Games Bronze medal Paralympics.svg (2004)

Paralympic Games

OutcomeYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Bronze 2004 Summer Paralympics Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandra Kalt Flag of Japan.svg Chiyoko Ohmae
Flag of Japan.svg Mie Yaosa
7–5, 6–3

Para-badminton statistics

World Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2011 Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of South Korea.svg Son Ok-cha 19–21, 14–21 Med 2.png Silver
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany
Flag of South Korea.svg Son Ok-cha21–16, 15–21, 21–11 Med 1.png Gold
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Ping 10–21, 19–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Flag of Japan.svg Sarina Satomi 14–21, 13–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sonja Haesler Round Robin Med 1.png Gold
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany
Flag of Thailand.svg Sujirat Pookkham Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sun-ae
Flag of South Korea.svg Son Ok-cha
11–21, 21–19, 19–21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Turkey.svg Avni Kertmen Flag of France.svg David Toupe
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sonja Haesler
13–21, 14–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Wandschneider Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sam-seop
Flag of South Korea.svg Son Ok-cha
19–21, 21–23 Med 3.png Bronze

References

  1. "Karin Suter-Erath - Athlete Bio". International Paralympic Committee. 3 July 2019.
  2. "Karen Suter-Erath: The epitome of a para-sportswoman". Passionate People. 3 July 2019.
  3. "Karin Suter-Erath - Swiss Paralympic (in German)". Swiss Paralympic Committee. 3 July 2019.
  4. Griffin, Bobby (3 July 2019). "Suter-Erath in the hunt for another title". Badminton Europe.