Catherine Debrunner
Debrunner at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
Personal information
Born (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995
Mettendorf TG
EducationThurgau University of Education
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing   Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai400m T53
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 5000m T54
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 400m T53
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 800m T53
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 1500m T54
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha200m T53
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai800m T53
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 100m T53

Catherine Debrunner (born 11 April 1995) is a Swiss athlete and teacher. She has competed for Team Switzerland at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships where she won a gold and silver medal.

Early life

Debrunner was born on 11 April 1995 in Mettendorf, Switzerland.[1] Due to a birth defect in her spine, she uses a wheelchair.[2] While attending a sports camp in Nottwil, she met her future trainer and coach Paul Odermatt.[3]

Career

Debrunner competed in the T53 200 metres at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, where she earned a silver medal with a time of 30.64.[4] She qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio,[5] where she finished seventh in the Women's 400 metres.[6]

Debrunner subsequently took a break from sports to focus on her education before returning to Team Switzerland for the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.[7] In Dubai, she earned a gold medal in the Women's 400m T53[8] and a silver medal in the women's 800m T53 race.[9]

At the 2022 Berlin Marathon, Debrunner, competing in her first marathon won the race with a time of 1:36:47, breaking five-time winner Manuela Schär's streak of five Berlin Marathon wins.[10]

In May 2023, Debrunner was awarded the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Catherine Debrunner, Athletics". swissparalympic.ch. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Bingesser, Felix (18 November 2019). "So herzlich wird Debrunner von ihren Schülern empfangen". blick.ch. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Catherine Debrunner". paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Wright, Stephen (23 October 2015). "Fourth-place finish an 'incredible' feeling". Royal Gazette. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Swiss Paralympic athletes Brazil 2016". houseofswitzerland.org. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Results Archive Rio 2016 Athletics - Women's 400 m T53". paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Sachers, Laura (29 October 2019). "Aus dem Schulzimmer nach Dubai: Die Hüttlinger Rollstuhlathletin Catherine Debrunner ist zurück im Spitzensport". St. Galler Tagblatt. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Gold für Thurgauerin Catherine Debrunner an der Para-Leichathletik-WM". toponline.ch (in German). 9 November 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Madison de Rozario and Vanessa Low win world para championship gold medals". 7news.com.au. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2022". Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Messi & Argentina World Cup team win Laureus awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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