Valeska Knoblauch

Valeska Knoblauch
Personal information
Country	Germany
Born	(1990-09-21) 21 September 1990 Bonn, Germany
Handedness	Right
Women’s singles WH1 Women's doubles WH1–WH2 Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking	1 (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 Bronze medal – third place 2013 Dortmund Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Mixed doubles European Championships Gold medal – first place 2018 Rodez Women's singles Silver medal – second place 2014 Murcia Women's singles Silver medal – second place 2014 Murcia Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 2016 Beek Women's singles Silver medal – second place 2016 Beek Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dortmund Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dortmund Mixed doubles Bronze medal – third place 2016 Beek Mixed doubles Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rodez Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 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.

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.

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 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 Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Young-chin Mi	Yang Tong Li Hongyan	6–21, 10–21	Bronze 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 Silver
2016	Sporthal de Haamen, Beek, Netherlands	Karin Suter-Erath	11–21, 21–17, 12–21	Silver Silver
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Karin Suter-Erath	12–21, 21–19, 28–26	Gold 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 Bronze
2014	High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain	Elke Rongen	Sonja Häsler Karin Suter-Erath	17–21, 21–18, 12–21	Silver Silver
2016	Sporthal de Haamen, Beek, Netherlands	Elke Rongen	Emine Seçkin Karin Suter-Erath	12–21, 8–21	Silver Silver
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Elke Rongen	Cynthia Mathez Karin Suter-Erath	16–21, 16–21	Bronze 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 Bronze
2016	Sporthal de Haamen, Beek, Netherlands	Young-chin Mi	David Toupé Narin Uluç	13–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze Bronze
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Young-chin Mi	Konstantin Afinogenov Emine Seçkin	18–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze 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	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018	Irish Para-Badminton International	Karin Suter-Erath	22–20, 21–16	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018	Denmark Para-Badminton International	To Man-kei	21–16, 21–13	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019	Uganda Para-Badminton International	Nina Gorodetzky	21–10, 21–16	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019	Canada Para-Badminton International	Karin Suter-Erath	21–12, 21–6	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Sarina Satomi	17–21, 13–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019	China Para-Badminton International	Sarina Satomi	13–21, 21–17, 12–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020	Peru Para-Badminton International	Ikumi Fuke	21–15, 21–17	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021	Spanish Para-Badminton International	Sujirat Pookkham	16–21, 7–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Spanish Para-Badminton International	Sujirat Pookkham	Sonja Häsler Karin Suter-Erath	17–21, 19–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
			Maria Begoña Gago Sofía Balsalobre	21–8, 21–13
			Mine Korkmaz Emine Seçkin	21–10, 21–15
2015	Spanish Para-Badminton International	Elke Rongen	Amalia López Kartiki Patel	21–7, 21–3	2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017	Spanish Para-Badminton International	Elke Rongen	Kim Dae-young Kim Seung-suk	15–21, 10–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017	Japan Para-Badminton International	Elke Rongen	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	10–21, 6–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018	Irish Para-Badminton International	Elke Rongen	Yuka Chokyu Fiona Christie	17–21, 21–15, 21–10	1st place, gold medalist(s) 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	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para-Badminton International	Elke Rongen	Pilar Jáuregui Henriett Koósz	21–18, 15–21, 17–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020	Peru Para-Badminton International	Pilar Jáuregui	Emine Seçkin To Man-kei	14–21, 19–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	French Para-Badminton International	Young-chin Mi	Marc Jung Elke Rongen	21–10, 21–7	2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018	Denmark Para-Badminton International	Young-chin Mi	Marcelo Alves Conceição Marcela Quinteros	19–21, 21–11, 11–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para-Badminton International	Young-chin Mi	Konstantin Afinogenov Emine Seçkin	20–22, 21–19, 17–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up