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Catherine Debrunner
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995 (age 29)
Mettendorf TG
EducationThurgau University of Education
Website catherinedebrunner.ch/de
Sport
Disability class T53
Coached byArno Mul (2020 - present)
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing   Switzerland
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tokyo 400m T53
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tokyo 800m T53
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai 400m 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 Doha 200m T53
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai 800m T53
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 100m T53
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2022 Berlin Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2022 London Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2023 London Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2023 Berlin Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chicago Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2023 New York City Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2024 London Marathon

Catherine Debrunner (born 11 April 1995) is a Swiss athlete. Before she turned to fulltime athlete in 2022 she was also a part time teacher.
She has competed for Team Switzerland at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships and at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships where she won her first global gold medal. In 2023 she competed in the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships where she won 4 gold and 1 silver medal. [1]

In the World Marathon Majors she has won 6 of the 7 marathons she started and set new course records at the Berlin Marathon, 2023 Chicago Marathon, 2023 London Marathon and the New York City Marathon.
She currently holds the world records in the 100m (T53), 200m (T53), 400m (T53), 800m (T53), 5000m (T53/T54) and the marathon (T53/T54). [2]

Early life

Debrunner was born on 11 April 1995 in Mettendorf, Switzerland. [3] Due to a birth defect in her spine, she uses a wheelchair. [4] While attending a sports camp in Nottwil, she met Paul Odermatt who coached her from 2005 until 2020. [5]
Since mid 2020 she is coached by Arno Mul. [6]

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. [7] She qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, [8] where she finished seventh in the Women's 400 metres. [9] Debrunner subsequently took a break from sports to focus on her education before returning to Team Switzerland for the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. [10] In Dubai, she earned a gold medal in the Women's 400m T53 [11] and a silver medal in the women's 800m T53 race. [12]
In 2023 she competed in the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris. She won the 400m, 800m, 1500m and 5000m. In the 100m she came in second behind Samantha Kinghorn. [13]

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 [14] setting a course record while doing this. She also won the 2022 London Marathon a week later with a time of 1:38:24, which is a course record.
After the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Debrunner set a world record at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 1:34:16 [15] and made her U.S. race debut in the 2023 Chicago Marathon in October. During the Chicago marathon, Debrunner set a new course record with a time of 1:38:44. [16] She also broke the course record while winning the 2023 New York City Marathon finishing in 1:39:32. [17]
After these 4 wins she was crowned Abbott World Majors Marathon Champion of 2023. [18]

In 2024 she won the 2024 London Marathon. [19]

In May 2023, Debrunner was awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. [20]

References

  1. ^ "Catherine Debrunner Resultate". www.swissparalympic.ch/. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Para Athletics Records". www.paralympic.org/athletics. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Catherine Debrunner, Athletics". swissparalympic.ch. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ Bingesser, Felix (18 November 2019). "So herzlich wird Debrunner von ihren Schülern empfangen". blick.ch. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Catherine Debrunner". paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Catherine Debrunner, Switzerland". www.nyrr.org/. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  7. ^ Wright, Stephen (23 October 2015). "Fourth-place finish an 'incredible' feeling". Royal Gazette. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. ^ "The Swiss Paralympic athletes Brazil 2016". houseofswitzerland.org. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Results Archive Rio 2016 Athletics - Women's 400 m T53". paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Gold für Thurgauerin Catherine Debrunner an der Para-Leichathletik-WM". toponline.ch (in German). 9 November 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Madison de Rozario and Vanessa Low win world para championship gold medals". 7news.com.au. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  13. ^ "World Para Athletics Live Results". Paralympics. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  14. ^ "BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2022". Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Catherine Debrunner pulverises world record at Berlin Marathon". Paralympics. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner set new course records at Chicago Marathon". Paralympics. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Catherine Debrunner and Marcel Hug set records at 2023 New York City Marathon". Paralympics. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Abbott World Marathon Majors Champions". Abbott World Majors Marathons. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  19. ^ Staff, A. O. L. (21 April 2024). "London Marathon 2024 results: Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner win wheelchair races". www.aol.com.
  20. ^ "Messi & Argentina World Cup team win Laureus awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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