Karin Suter Erath
Personal information
Born (1970-11-24) 24 November 1970
Basel, Switzerland
Sport
Country  Switzerland
SportPara badminton
Disability classWH1
Medal record
Wheelchair tennis
Representing   Switzerland
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensWomen's doubles
Para badminton
Representing   Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Guatemala CityWomen's doubles
Gold medal – first place2013 DortmundWomen's singles
Silver medal – second place2011 Guatemala CityWomen's singles
Silver medal – second place2013 DortmundWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2011 Guatemala CityMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 DortmundMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2015 Stoke MandevilleWomen's singles
Bronze medal – third place2019 BaselWomen's singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 DortmundWomen's singles
Gold medal – first place2012 DortmundMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2014 MurciaWomen's singles
Gold medal – first place2014 MurciaWomen's doubles
Gold medal – first place2014 MurciaMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2016 BeekWomen's singles
Gold medal – first place2016 BeekWomen's doubles
Gold medal – first place2016 BeekMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2016 RodezWomen's doubles
Silver medal – second place2010 ManchesterWomen's singles
Silver medal – second place2012 DortmundWomen's doubles
Silver medal – second place2018 RodezWomen's singles

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

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 record227-132
Highest rankingNo. 6 (13 February 2006)
Paralympic Games1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record172-92
Highest rankingNo. 6 (17 November 2003)
Paralympic Games (2004)

Paralympic Games

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

Para-badminton statistics

World Championships

Women's singles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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