Karin Suter-Erath

Karin Suter-Erath (born 24 November 1970) is a Swiss para badminton player and a former wheelchair tennis player.[1]

Karin Suter Erath

Personal information
Born	(1970-11-24) 24 November 1970 Basel, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Para badminton
Disability class	WH1
Medal record Wheelchair tennis Representing  Switzerland Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Women's doubles Para badminton Representing  Switzerland World Championships 2011 Guatemala City Women's doubles 2013 Dortmund Women's singles 2011 Guatemala City Women's singles 2013 Dortmund Women's doubles 2011 Guatemala City Mixed doubles 2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles 2015 Stoke Mandeville Women's singles 2019 Basel Women's singles European Championships 2012 Dortmund Women's singles 2012 Dortmund Mixed doubles 2014 Murcia Women's singles 2014 Murcia Women's doubles 2014 Murcia Mixed doubles 2016 Beek Women's singles 2016 Beek Women's doubles 2016 Beek Mixed doubles 2016 Rodez Women's doubles 2010 Manchester Women's singles 2012 Dortmund Women's doubles 2018 Rodez Women's singles

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]