Catherine Debrunner Explained

Catherine Debrunner
Birth Date:1995 4, df=y
Birth Place:Mettendorf TG
Education:Thurgau University of Education
Disability Class:T53
Club:Red Velvet Racing Team
Coach:Arno Mul

Catherine Debrunner (born 11 April 1995) is a Swiss athlete and teacher. She has competed for Team Switzerland at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships where she won a gold and a silver medal. She won the 2024 London Marathon and set new course records at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, the 2023 Chicago Marathon, and the 2023 New York City Marathon. She won five gold medals at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris including one for the T54 Marathon.[1]

Early life

Debrunner was born on 11 April 1995 in Mettendorf, Switzerland.[2] Due to a birth defect in her spine, she uses a wheelchair.[3] While attending a sports camp in Nottwil, she met her future trainer and coach Paul Odermatt.[4] Since 2021 she is coached by Arno Mul (NED). [5]

Career

Debrunner competed in the T53 200 metres at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, where she earned a silver medal with a time of 30.64.[6] She qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio,[7] where she finished seventh in the Women's 400 metres.[8] Debrunner subsequently took a break from sports to focus on her education before returning to Team Switzerland for the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.[9] In Dubai, she earned a gold medal in the Women's 400m T53[10] and a silver medal in the women's 800m T53 race.[11]
At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships Debrunner won 4 golds in the 400m 800m, 1500m and 5000m. She also added one silver medal by finishing second behind Sammi Kinghorn.[12]

At the 2022 Berlin Marathon, Debrunner, competing in her first marathon won the race with a time of 1:36:47, breaking Manuela Schär's streak of five Berlin Marathon wins.[13] In May 2023, Debrunner was awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability.[14] Later that year, Debrunner set another world record at the 2023 Berlin Marathon with a time of 1:34:16[15] and made her U.S. race debut in the 2023 Chicago Marathon in October. During the Chicago marathon, Debrunner set a new course record with a time of 1:38:44.[16] She also won the 2023 New York City Marathon, setting a course record with a time of 1:39:32,[17] and the 2024 London Marathon.[18]

She won five gold medals and a silver at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Including a gold for the T54 Marathon which she led from start. The Australian Madison de Rozario came second and the American Susannah Scaroni had the bronze medal.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 8 September 2024 . PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES: MARCEL HUG AND CATHERINE DEBRUNNER CLAIM T54 MARATHON TITLES .
  2. Web site: Catherine Debrunner, Athletics . swissparalympic.ch . 23 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Bingesser . Felix . So herzlich wird Debrunner von ihren Schülern empfangen . blick.ch . 23 March 2020 . 18 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Catherine Debrunner . paralympic.org . 23 March 2020.
  5. Web site: NYRR Media Center Catherine Debrunner . 29 October 2023.
  6. News: Wright . Stephen . Fourth-place finish an 'incredible' feeling . 23 March 2020 . Royal Gazette . 23 October 2015.
  7. Web site: The Swiss Paralympic athletes Brazil 2016 . houseofswitzerland.org . 23 March 2020 . 7 September 2016.
  8. Web site: Results Archive Rio 2016 Athletics - Women's 400 m T53 . paralympic.org . 23 March 2020.
  9. News: Sachers . Laura . Aus dem Schulzimmer nach Dubai: Die Hüttlinger Rollstuhlathletin Catherine Debrunner ist zurück im Spitzensport . 23 March 2020 . St. Galler Tagblatt . 29 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Gold für Thurgauerin Catherine Debrunner an der Para-Leichathletik-WM . toponline.ch . 23 March 2020 . German . 9 November 2019.
  11. Web site: Madison de Rozario and Vanessa Low win world para championship gold medals . 7news.com.au . 23 March 2020 . 12 November 2019.
  12. Web site: Year in review: Paris 23 World Championships top moments . 21 December 2023.
  13. Web site: BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2022 . 5 November 2023 . https://berlin.r.mikatiming.com/2022/?pid=leaderboard&event=BMR . 25 September 2022 . live.
  14. News: Messi & Argentina World Cup team win Laureus awards . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-06-12.
  15. Web site: Catherine Debrunner pulverises world record at Berlin Marathon . Paralympics . 25 December 2023 . https://archive.today/20231118084431/https://www.paralympic.org/news/catherine-debrunner-pulverises-world-record-berlin-marathon . 18 November 2023.
  16. Web site: Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner set new course records at Chicago Marathon . Paralympics . 24 December 2023 . https://archive.today/20231118084417/https://www.paralympic.org/news/marcel-hug-and-catherine-debrunner-set-new-course-records-chicago-marathon#selection-863.144-863.259 . 18 November 2023.
  17. TCS New York City Marathon Becomes World’s Largest Marathon in 2023 . November 6, 2023 . New York Road Runners . New York . June 7, 2024.
  18. Web site: London Marathon 2024 results: Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner win wheelchair races. A. O. L.. Staff. 21 April 2024. www.aol.com.
  19. Web site: 8 September 2024 . PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES: MARCEL HUG AND CATHERINE DEBRUNNER CLAIM T54 MARATHON TITLES .

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