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Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lüdinghausen, West Germany [1] | 14 February 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 24 (26 March 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Girls' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2003 | Esbjerg, Denmark | Carola Bott | Nina Vislova Valeria Sorokina | 5–11, 2–11 | Bronze |
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 |
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2015 | Dutch Open | Kirsty Gilmour | 16–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Peru International | Iris Wang | 21–6, 21–17 | Winner |
2016 | Swedish Masters | Olga Konon | 21–16, 20–22, 21–19 | Winner |
2015 | Turkey International | Kati Tolmoff | 21–17, 21–5 | Winner |
2015 | Polish Open | Marija Ulitina | 21–19, 21–15 | Winner |
2013 | Dutch International | Beatriz Corrales | 16–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Belgian International | Sashina Vignes Waran | 21–15, 22–24, 9–17 Retired | Runner-up |
2010 | Finnish International | Anastasia Prokopenko | 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2010 | Hungarian International | Anne Hald-Jensen | 21–15, 21–16 | Winner |
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