Karin Schnaase

Karin Schnaase (born 14 February 1985)[2] is a German badminton player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She placed 2nd in her group during group play and did not advance to the next round.[3] She is well known for the broken shoe incident with Laura Sarosi at the 2016 European Badminton Championships, where Sarosi handed her spare shoe to make Schnaase able to continue the match. Schnaase later won the match which made Sarosi unable to gain more points for Olympic badminton qualification.[4]

Karin Schnaase
Personal information
Country Germany
Born (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985
Lüdinghausen, West Germany[1]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking24 (26 March 2015)
BWF profile

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2003 Esbjerg, Denmark Carola Bott Nina Vislova
Valeria Sorokina
5–11, 2–11 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Dutch Open Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Peru International Iris Wang 21–6, 21–17 Winner
2016 Swedish Masters Olga Konon 21–16, 20–22, 21–19 Winner
2015 Turkey International Kati Tolmoff 21–17, 21–5 Winner
2015 Polish Open Marija Ulitina 21–19, 21–15 Winner
2013 Dutch International Beatriz Corrales 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012 Belgian International Sashina Vignes Waran 21–15, 22–24, 9–17 Retired Runner-up
2010 Finnish International Anastasia Prokopenko 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2010 Hungarian International Anne Hald-Jensen 21–15, 21–16 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Karin SCHNAASE Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. "Karin Schnaase". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Women's Singles-Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. "Hungarian Badminton Player Gives Fair Play A Whole New Meaning". hungarytoday.hu. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.


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