Cynthia Mathez

Cynthia Mathez
Cynthia Mathez in 2023
Personal information
Country Switzerland
Born (1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 39)
Biel, Switzerland
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
CoachYu Yu Wang
Women's singles WH1
Women's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking2 (WS 2 October 2022)
3 (WD with Ilaria Renggli 8 November 2022)
Current ranking3 (WS)
3 (WD with Ilaria Renggli) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Para badminton
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tokyo Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rodez Women's doubles
European Para Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Rotterdam Women's singles
BWF profile

Cynthia Mathez (born 10 October 1985) is a Swiss para-badminton player who competes in the WH1 category. Mathez is part of the Swiss national para-badminton team and won gold at the European Para Badminton Championships with her doubles partner Ilaria Renggli in Rotherdam in 2023. She competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and 2024 in Paris.[1]

Career

Mathez was initially active as a judoka, rugby player and racing driver. In 2009, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and since 2015, she has been reliant on a wheelchair. She initially wanted to compete in wheelchair rugby, but her doctors expressed concerns. Then she turned to para-badminton.[1][2]

In 2017, Mathez first took part in a BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Ulsan and reached the quarter-finals in doubles with Karin Suter-Erath. In mixed doubles, she was eliminated from the group stage with Christian Hamböck. In 2018, she was successful at the European Championships in Rodez and won gold in doubles with Karin Suter-Erath, while in singles, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals. At the 2019 World Championship in Basel, she was eliminated in the women's and mixed doubles in the group stage.

Mathez participated in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's singles WH1 and women's doubles WH1–WH2 events.[1][3] At the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, she took part as the lead for the Swiss curling team.[4][5]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Japan Sarina Satomi 9–21, 10–21 Silver Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan 		Switzerland Ilaria Renggli Turkey Emine Seçkin
Belgium Man-Kei To 		21–12, 10–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium,
Rodez, France 		Switzerland Karin Suter-Erath Turkey Emine Seçkin
Belgium Man-Kei To 		21–18, 21–14 Gold Gold

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (8 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.[6][7]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Japan Sarina Satomi 12–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 South Korea Kwon Hyun-ah 12–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Japan Sarina Satomi 10–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Japan Sarina Satomi 13–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 Belgium Man-Kei To 16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 Switzerland Ilaria Renggli South Korea Jung Gyeo-ul
South Korea Kwon Hyun-ah 		14–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Switzerland Ilaria Renggli Japan Sarina Satomi
Japan Yuma Yamazaki 		12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 Switzerland Ilaria Renggli South Korea Jung Gyeo-ul
South Korea Kwon Hyun-ah 		18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

International Tournaments (1 title, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2021 Dubai Para Badminton International Switzerland Karin Suter-Erath 16–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Irish Para Badminton International Switzerland Karin Suter-Erath Thailand Sujirat Pookkham
Thailand Amnouy Wetwithan 		8–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021[a] Dubai Para Badminton International Switzerland Karin Suter-Erath Egypt Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif
Russia Tatiana Gureeva 		21–10, 21–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Turkey Emine Seçkin
Belgium Man-Kei To 		12–21, 21–19, 10–21
Russia Liliia Prokofeva
Russia Nataliia Prokofeva 		21–10, 21–6
Austria Henriett Koósz
Switzerland Ilaria Renggli 		21–19, 21–18

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Dubai Para Badminton International India Abu Hubaida Spain Roberto Galdós
Turkey Emine Seçkin 		8–21, 22–20, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Thailand Para Badminton International India Abu Hubaida Israel Amir Levi
Israel Nina Gorodetzky 		21–18, 13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Denmark Para Badminton International Switzerland Luca Olgiati Brazil Marcelo Alves
Belgium To Man-kei 		21–12, 18–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Peru Para Badminton International India Abu Hubaida India Prem Kumar Ale
Russia Tatiana Gureeva 		9–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Notes

  1. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.

References

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  2. ^ Beidler, Franz (5 December 2018). "Die Unaufhaltbare". Stadtanzeiger Olten. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Your sport statistics, one place". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Results". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Cynthia MATHEZ - Wheelchair Curling". Beijing 2022 Paralympics. Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". corporate.bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2022.