| Karin Suter Erath | |
| Sport: | Para badminton |
| Disability Class: | WH1 |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Basel, Switzerland |
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]
| Karin Suter-Erath | |
| Paralympicsresult: | 1R (2004) |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 6 (13 February 2006) |
| Singlesrecord: | 227-132 |
| Paralympicsdoublesresult: | (2004) |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 6 (17 November 2003) |
| Doublesrecord: | 172-92 |
| Outcome | Year | width=160 | Tournament | Surface | Partner | width=180 | Opponent | width=160 class="unsortable" | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 2004 | Summer Paralympics | Hard | Sandra Kalt |  Chiyoko Ohmae Mie Yaosa | 7–5, 6–3 |
Women's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Guatemala City, Guatemala |  Son Ok-cha | 19–21, 14–21 | Silver | |
| 2013 | Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany | Son Ok-cha | 21–16, 15–21, 21–11 | Gold | |
| 2015 | Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England |  Wang Ping | 10–21, 19–21 | Bronze | |
| 2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland | Sarina Satomi | 14–21, 13–21 | Bronze |
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | Sonja Haesler | Round Robin | Gold | ||
| 2013 | Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany |  Sujirat Pookkham | Lee Sun-ae Son Ok-cha | 11–21, 21–19, 19–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Guatemala City, Guatemala |  Avni Kertmen |  David Toupe Sonja Haesler | 13–21, 14–21 | Bronze | |
| 2013 | Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany | Thomas Wandschneider | Lee Sam-seop Son Ok-cha | 19–21, 21–23 | Bronze |