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)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Germany
Uber Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Jakarta Women's team
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Amsterdam Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kazan Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Basel Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Warsaw Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Almere Women's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Esbjerg Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Esbjerg Girls' doubles
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

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2003 Esbjerg, Denmark Germany Carola Bott Russia Nina Vislova
Russia Valeria Sorokina		 5–11, 2–11 Bronze 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 Scotland Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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 United StatesIris Wang 21–6, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Swedish Masters Germany Olga Konon 21–16, 20–22, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Turkey International Estonia Kati Tolmoff 21–17, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Polish Open Ukraine Marija Ulitina 21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Dutch International Spain Beatriz Corrales 16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Belgian International France Sashina Vignes Waran 21–15, 22–24, 9–17 Retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Finnish International Russia Anastasia Prokopenko 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Hungarian International Greece Anne Hald-Jensen 21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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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