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.

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.

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. At the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, she took part as the lead for the Swiss curling team.

Achievements World Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Sarina Satomi 9–21, 10–21 Silver 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 Bronze 2026 Isa Sports City, Manama, Bahrain Ilaria Renggli Liu Yutong Yin Menglu 4–15, 4–21Bronze 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 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.

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 LevelPartner 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 TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2017 Irish Para Badminton International Karin Suter-Erath Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan 8–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2021 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 TournamentPartner 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