Karin Schnaase
Badminton player

Karin Schnaase

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14 February 1985(Lüdinghausen, Germany)
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Introduction

Karin Schnaase (born 14 February 1985) 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. 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.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

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 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 Iris Wang 21–6, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Swedish Masters Olga Konon 21–16, 20–22, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Turkey International Kati Tolmoff 21–17, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Polish Open Marija Ulitina 21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Dutch International Beatriz Corrales 16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Belgian International Sashina Vignes Waran 21–15, 22–24, 9–17 Retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Finnish International Anastasia Prokopenko 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Hungarian International 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