Karin Schnaase


Karin Schnaase 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
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Esbjerg, Denmark Carola Bott Nina Vislova
Valeria Sorokina		5–11, 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 since 2007.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015Dutch Open Kirsty Gilmour16–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Peru InternationalIris Wang21–6, 21–17 Winner
2016Swedish Masters Olga Konon21–16, 20–22, 21–19 Winner
2015Turkey International Kati Tolmoff21–17, 21–5 Winner
2015Polish Open Marija Ulitina21–19, 21–15 Winner
2013Dutch International Beatriz Corrales16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012Belgian International Sashina Vignes Waran21–15, 22–24, 9–17 Retired Runner-up
2010Finnish International Anastasia Prokopenko18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2010Hungarian International Anne Hald-Jensen21–15, 21–16 Winner