Karin Schnaase

Karin Schnaase
Personal information
Country  Germany
Born (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985
Lüdinghausen, West Germany[1]
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking 24 (26 March 2015)
Current ranking 28 (11 August 2016)
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  Germany
European Mixed Team Championships
2013 Moscow Mixed Team
2011 Amsterdam Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
2012 Amsterdam Women's team
2016 Kazan Women's team
2014 Basel Women's team
2010 Warsaw Women's team
2008 Almere Women's team
BWF profile

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]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Peru International United StatesIris Wang 21-6, 21-17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Swedish Masters Germany Olga Konon 21-16, 20-22, 21-19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Turkey International Estonia Kati Tolmoff 21-17, 21-5 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Polish Open Ukraine Marija Ulitina 21-19, 21-15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Dutch International Spain Beatriz Corrales 16-21, 18-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References

  1. ↑ "Karin SCHNAASE Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Karin Schnaase". Rio 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Women's Singles-Standings". Rio 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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