Cynthia Mathez

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]

Cynthia Mathez
Cynthia Mathez in 2023
Personal information
Country	Switzerland
Born	(1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 39) Biel, Switzerland
Height	154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Yu Yu Wang
Women's singles WH1 Women's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking	2 (WS 2 October 2022) 3 (WD with Ilaria Renggli 8 November 2022)
Current ranking	3 (WS) 3 (WD with Ilaria Renggli) (8 November 2022)
Medal record Para badminton Representing  Switzerland World Championships 2022 Tokyo Women's singles 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles European Championships 2018 Rodez Women's doubles European Para Championships 2023 Rotterdam Women's doubles 2023 Rotterdam Women's singles
BWF profile

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	Sarina Satomi	9–21, 10–21	Silver

Women's doubles

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

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Karin Suter-Erath	Emine Seçkin Man-Kei To	21–18, 21–14	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	Sarina Satomi	12–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kwon Hyun-ah	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2022	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Sarina Satomi	10–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 1	Sarina Satomi	13–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2023	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Man-Kei To	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Ilaria Renggli	Jung Gyeo-ul Kwon Hyun-ah	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Ilaria Renggli	Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Ilaria Renggli	Jung Gyeo-ul Kwon Hyun-ah	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up

International Tournaments (1 title, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Dubai Para Badminton International	Karin Suter-Erath	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Irish Para Badminton International	Karin Suter-Erath	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	8–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2021[a]	Dubai Para Badminton International	Karin Suter-Erath	Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif Tatiana Gureeva	21–10, 21–17	Runner-up
			Emine Seçkin Man-Kei To	12–21, 21–19, 10–21
			Liliia Prokofeva Nataliia Prokofeva	21–10, 21–6
			Henriett Koósz Ilaria Renggli	21–19, 21–18

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Dubai Para Badminton International	Abu Hubaida	Roberto Galdós Emine Seçkin	8–21, 22–20, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Para Badminton International	Abu Hubaida	Amir Levi Nina Gorodetzky	21–18, 13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Denmark Para Badminton International	Luca Olgiati	Marcelo Alves To Man-kei	21–12, 18–21, 21–12	Winner
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Abu Hubaida	Prem Kumar Ale Tatiana Gureeva	9–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Notes

1. This tournament uses a round robin system.