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 YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2003Esbjerg, Denmark Carola Bott Nina Vislova Valeria Sorokina5–11, 2–11 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 Result2015Dutch Open Kirsty Gilmour16–21, 13–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result2016Peru InternationalIris Wang21–6, 21–17 Winner2016 Swedish Masters Olga Konon21–16, 20–22, 21–19 Winner2015Turkey International Kati Tolmoff21–17, 21–5 Winner2015Polish Open Marija Ulitina21–19, 21–15 Winner2013Dutch International Beatriz Corrales16–21, 18–21 Runner-up2012Belgian International Sashina Vignes Waran21–15, 22–24, 9–17 Retired Runner-up2010Finnish International Anastasia Prokopenko18–21, 18–21 Runner-up2010Hungarian International Anne Hald-Jensen21–15, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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