Karin Suter-Erath
Karin Suter-Erath (born 24 November 1970) is a Swiss para badminton player and a former wheelchair tennis player.[1]
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| Born | 24 November 1970 Basel, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | WH1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Wheelchair tennis career
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.
Badminton career
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 three medals in the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships and twelve medals in the European championships.[4]
References
- "Karin Suter-Erath - Athlete Bio". International Paralympic Committee. 3 July 2019.
- "Karen Suter-Erath: The epitome of a para-sportswoman". Passionate People. 3 July 2019.
- "Karin Suter-Erath - Swiss Paralympic (in German)". Swiss Paralympic Committee. 3 July 2019.
- Griffin, Bobby (3 July 2019). "Suter-Erath in the hunt for another title". Badminton Europe.