Karin Suter-Erath

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

Karin Suter Erath

Personal information
Born	(1970-11-24) 24 November 1970 (age 53) Basel, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Para badminton
Disability class	WH1
Medal record Wheelchair tennis Representing  Switzerland Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Women's doubles Para badminton Representing  Switzerland World Championships 2011 Guatemala City Women's doubles 2013 Dortmund Women's singles 2011 Guatemala City Women's singles 2013 Dortmund Women's doubles 2011 Guatemala City Mixed doubles 2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles 2015 Stoke Mandeville Women's singles 2019 Basel Women's singles European Championships 2012 Dortmund Women's singles 2012 Dortmund Mixed doubles 2014 Murcia Women's singles 2014 Murcia Women's doubles 2014 Murcia Mixed doubles 2016 Beek Women's singles 2016 Beek Women's doubles 2016 Beek Mixed doubles 2016 Rodez Women's doubles 2010 Manchester Women's singles 2012 Dortmund Women's doubles 2018 Rodez Women's singles

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)	Switzerland
Singles
Career record	227-132
Highest ranking	No. 6 (13 February 2006)
Paralympic Games	1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	172-92
Highest ranking	No. 6 (17 November 2003)
Paralympic Games	(2004)

Paralympic Games

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Bronze	2004	Summer Paralympics	Hard	Sandra Kalt	Chiyoko Ohmae Mie Yaosa	7–5, 6–3

Para-badminton statistics

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Son Ok-cha	19–21, 14–21	Silver
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Son Ok-cha	21–16, 15–21, 21–11	Gold
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Wang Ping	10–21, 19–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Sarina Satomi	14–21, 13–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Sonja Haesler	Round Robin		Gold
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Sujirat Pookkham	Lee Sun-ae Son Ok-cha	11–21, 21–19, 19–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Avni Kertmen	David Toupe Sonja Haesler	13–21, 14–21	Bronze
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Thomas Wandschneider	Lee Sam-seop Son Ok-cha	19–21, 21–23	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.

External links

• Karin Suter-Erath at BWFBadminton.com
• Karin Suter-Erath at the International Tennis Federation
• Karin Suter Erath at the International Paralympic Committee
• Karin Suter-Erath at the Swiss Paralympic Committee (in German and French)