Valeska Knoblauch

Valeska Knoblauch
Personal information
Country Germany
Born (1990-09-21) 21 September 1990
Bonn, Germany
HandednessRight
Women’s singles WH1
Women's doubles WH1–WH2
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking1 (WS 26 March 2019)
8 (WD with Elke Rongen 1 January 2019)
4 (XD with Young-chin Mi 27 August 2019)
Medal record
Para-badminton
Representing  Germany
World Championships
2013 Dortmund Women's doubles
2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles
2019 Basel Mixed doubles
European Championships
2018 Rodez Women's singles
2014 Murcia Women's singles
2014 Murcia Women's doubles
2016 Beek Women's singles
2016 Beek Women's doubles
2012 Dortmund Women's doubles
2012 Dortmund Mixed doubles
2016 Beek Mixed doubles
2018 Rodez Women's doubles
2018 Rodez Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Valeska Knoblauch (born 21 September 1990) is a German para-badminton player who competes in international badminton competitions. She is a European singles champion and has competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where she reached the quarterfinals in the women's singles WH1.[1]

Early life

Knoblauch was a very keen dancer in her younger years. When Knoblauch was fourteen years old, she jumped onto a windowsill in a classroom at her high school. She leaned back and fell out, she broke her spine and became a paraplegic since then. She went back to school four years later and started to play badminton as part of her rehabilitation.[2][3]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany 		Elke Rongen Lee Sun-ae
Son Ok-cha 		13–21, 12–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany 		Young-chin Mi Jakarin Homhual
Sujirat Pookkham 		8–21, 12–21 Bronze
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland 		Young-chin Mi Yang Tong
Li Hongyan 		6–21, 10–21 Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles WH1

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain Karin Suter-Erath 9–21, 5–21 Silver
2016 Sporthal de Haamen, Beek, Netherlands Karin Suter-Erath 11–21, 21–17, 12–21 Silver
2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France Karin Suter-Erath 12–21, 21–19, 28–26 Gold

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany 		Elke Rongen Sonja Häsler
Karin Suter-Erath 		20–22, 8–21 Bronze
2014 High Performance Center,
Murcia, Spain 		Elke Rongen Sonja Häsler
Karin Suter-Erath 		17–21, 21–18, 12–21 Silver
2016 Sporthal de Haamen,
Beek, Netherlands 		Elke Rongen Emine Seçkin
Karin Suter-Erath 		12–21, 8–21 Silver
2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium,
Rodez, France 		Elke Rongen Cynthia Mathez
Karin Suter-Erath 		16–21, 16–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany 		Young-chin Mi David Toupé
Sonja Häsler 		6–21, 12–21 Bronze
2016 Sporthal de Haamen,
Beek, Netherlands 		Young-chin Mi David Toupé
Narin Uluç 		13–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze
2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium,
Rodez, France 		Young-chin Mi Konstantin Afinogenov
Emine Seçkin 		18–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze

International tournaments (2011–2021) (7 titles, 16 runners-up)

Women's singles WH1

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Irish Para-Badminton International Karin Suter-Erath 7–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2018 Irish Para-Badminton International Karin Suter-Erath 22–20, 21–16 Winner
2018 Denmark Para-Badminton International To Man-kei 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2019 Uganda Para-Badminton International Nina Gorodetzky 21–10, 21–16 Winner
2019 Canada Para-Badminton International Karin Suter-Erath 21–12, 21–6 Winner
2019 Thailand Para-Badminton International Sarina Satomi 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2019[a] China Para-Badminton International Sarina Satomi 13–21, 21–17, 12–21 Runner-up
Zhang Jing 24–22, 21–16
To Man-kei 21–9, 21–9
Yin Menglu 21–14, 21–18
2019 Denmark Para-Badminton International Sujirat Pookkham 20–22, 8–21 Runner-up
2020 Peru Para-Badminton International Ikumi Fuke 21–15, 21–17 Winner
2021 Spanish Para-Badminton International Sujirat Pookkham 16–21, 7–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012[a] Spanish Para-Badminton International Sujirat Pookkham Sonja Häsler
Karin Suter-Erath 		17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
Maria Begoña Gago
Sofía Balsalobre 		21–8, 21–13
Mine Korkmaz
Emine Seçkin 		21–10, 21–15
2015[a] Spanish Para-Badminton International Elke Rongen Amalia López
Kartiki Patel 		21–7, 21–3 Runner-up
Kristel Gevaert
Paméla Masse 		21–7, 21–11
Liliia Prokofeva
Karin Suter-Erath 		14–21, 12–21
2016 Irish Para-Badminton International Elke Rongen Etsuko Kobayashi
Yuma Yamazaki 		21–19, 12–21, 21–16 Winner
2017 Spanish Para-Badminton International Elke Rongen Kim Dae-young
Kim Seung-suk 		15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2017 Japan Para-Badminton International Elke Rongen Sujirat Pookkham
Amnouy Wetwithan 		10–21, 6–21 Runner-up
2018[a] Irish Para-Badminton International Elke Rongen Yuka Chokyu
Fiona Christie 		17–21, 21–15, 21–10 Winner
Liusia Ignatenko
Irina Kuzmenko 		21–9, 21–15
Cynthia Mathez
Karin Suter-Erath 		19–21, 21–16, 21–13
2018 Denmark Para-Badminton International Elke Rongen Henriett Koósz
Marcela Quinteros 		12–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Uganda Para-Badminton International Elke Rongen Pilar Jáuregui
Henriett Koósz 		21–18, 15–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2020 Peru Para-Badminton International Pilar Jáuregui Emine Seçkin
To Man-kei 		14–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013[a] French Para-Badminton International Young-chin Mi Marc Jung
Elke Rongen 		21–10, 21–7 Runner-up
Pascal Barrillon
Sofía Balsalobre 		21–14, 23–21
David Toupé
Sonja Häsler 		11–21, 14–21
2016 Irish Para-Badminton International Young-chin Mi Martin Rooke
Karin Suter-Erath 		12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018 Denmark Para-Badminton International Young-chin Mi Marcelo Alves Conceição
Marcela Quinteros 		19–21, 21–11, 11–21 Runner-up
2019 Uganda Para-Badminton International Young-chin Mi Konstantin Afinogenov
Emine Seçkin 		20–22, 21–19, 17–21 Runner-up

References

  1. ^ "Valeska Knoblauch - Team Germany (in German)". Team Deutschland. 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Valeska Knoblauch: Maybe I can". Badminton Europe. 9 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Paralympics: My Path - Valeska Knoblauch (in German)". Sportschau. 4 May 2023.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e This tournament uses a round robin system.
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