Nicole Grether

Nicole Grether
Country:	Germany Canada (since 2011)
Date of birth:	17th October 1974
Place of birth:	Schopfheim
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	68 kg
Playing hand:	Right
BWF ID:	3951
BWF profile

Nicole Grether (born October 17, 1974 in Schopfheim , Germany ) is a German badminton player .

Athletic career

Nicole started playing badminton at the age of eight. Her sports teacher at the time, the badminton trainer Hans-Georg Kolodziej, quickly recognized Nicole's talent and talent. In 1988 Nicole became German student champion in women's singles for the first time. From 1982 to 1992 Nicole played for TSG Schopfheim and BC Brombach . In 1992 the company moved to Saarbrücken . Training was continued at the Olympic base there and the federal badminton base. There was also a club change to SSV Heiligenwald, for whom Grether played badminton in the 1st Bundesliga from the 92/93 season to the 1995/96 season . 1993 saw the first appearance in the German senior national team.

From 1994 to 1997 Nicole was in the sports promotion group Bexbach in the German armed forces . Then from 1997 to 2001 she successfully trained as a travel agent in Berlin . The next club that Nicole played for was SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen . Here she was active from the 1996/97 season until the club's withdrawal from the Bundesliga in the 2002/03 season. With this team she was three times German team champion in badminton. Since May 2001 Grether was back in the Bundeswehr, now in the Potsdam sports promotion group. From the 2003/04 season onwards he worked for the Empor Brandenburger Tor club in Berlin. In the meantime, in May 1997, the company moved to Kleinmachnow . Initially, Nicole trained here at the state badminton base in Berlin. Since 1997 she has been looked after by the Berlin Olympic Training Center. Her coach since 1999 has been the former top Indonesian player Bram Fernardin.

In March 2003 there was another move to Berlin. Nicole has had a second home in Mülheim an der Ruhr since July 2006 and also trains there. She shares an apartment there with European Youth Champion Janet Köhler . Nicole is currently in 9th place in the world rankings (as of July 6, 2006) in the women's doubles with her partner Juliane Schenk . In the women's singles she is represented in the top 50 in the world. She is also the German record player with currently 121 appearances (as of 12/2007) in 106 international matches.

The Norwegian International they withdrew on 17 November 2007 at the quarter-finals of the women's doubles a tear of the Achilles tendon , which it forced a multi-month break. After the Achilles tendon was ruptured again in December 2007, Nicole began ReHa in January 2008.

At the Singapore Open , which began on June 10, 2008, Nicole Grether became active again for the first time after her Achilles tendon injury. In singles, she qualified for the main draw and in women's doubles, together with the Canadian player Charmaine Reid .

In the context of the German badminton championships in 2011, it became known that Nicole Grether had asked the German Badminton Association for clearance to play tournaments for Canada in the future . During this event, she also said that she would not hand over her German passport. According to Martin Kranitz, DBV sports director, this approval was granted.

partner

Nicole Grether has played in the dual disciplines at international events with the following partners.

mixed double

Surname	nationality	Year (s)
Tim Dettmann	Germany	2012

Ladies doubles

Surname	nationality	Year (s)
Juliane Schenk	Germany	2005-2007
Charmaine Reid	Canada	2008-2014

Sporting successes

• 1988: German student champion in women's singles U14
• 1989: German student champion in women's singles U14; German student champion in women's doubles U14
• 1990: German youth champion in women's singles U16
• 1991 German youth champion in women's doubles U16; Participation in the youth world championships in Jakarta / Indonesia
• 1992 winner of the Slazenger U18 tournament at Wimbledon ; German youth champion in women's doubles U18 ; German Junior Champion 1992 in women's singles; Participation in the youth world championships in Jakarta / Indonesia
• 1993 German youth champion in women's singles U18; Bronze medal youth championship in women's doubles U18; German champion in women's doubles; Participation in the World Championships in Birmingham / England
• 1995 German junior champion in women's singles; German junior champion in women's doubles; German runner-up in women's doubles; German team runner-up with SSV Heiligenwald; Participation in the world championship in Lausanne / Switzerland
• 1996 German junior champion in women's singles; German junior champion in women's doubles; German team champion with SSV Heiligenwald
• 1997 German champion in women's singles
• 1998 German runner-up in women's doubles; EBU victory in women's singles in La Chaux-de-Fonds ; German Masters winner in women's singles; 5th place with the team at the European Championships in Sofia / Bulgaria ; EBU victory in women's singles in Strasbourg ; German team champion with SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen
• 1999 German champion in women's doubles; 11th place with the team at the World Championships in Copenhagen
• 2000 5th place with the team at the European Championships ; 5th place in doubles at the European Championships ; 11th place in the world rankings in women's doubles; 9th place at the Olympic Summer Games in Sydney in women's singles; 9th place at the Olympic Summer Games in Sydney in women's doubles
• 2001 German champion in women's singles; German champion in women's doubles; 5th place All England in women's doubles; 10th place with the team at the World Championships in Seville / Spain ; 3rd place German Open in women's doubles; 3rd place Denmark Open in women's doubles; 6th place in the world rankings in women's doubles
• 2002 3rd place Portugal Open in women's doubles; German champion in women's doubles; German runner-up in women's singles; 2nd place with the women's team at the Uber Cup ; 5th place Swiss Open in Basel / Switzerland in women's doubles; Bronze medal at the European championship in women's doubles; German team champion with SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen ; 2nd place Scottish Open in women's doubles; 2nd place Irish Open in women's doubles
• 2003 German runner-up in women's singles and doubles; 9th place in the women's singles All-England Open; 12th place in the World Team Championship (Sudirman Cup); 3rd place Korea Open in women's doubles; German team champion with SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen; Winner Mauritius International in women's doubles; 3rd place Spanish International in women's doubles; 3rd place South Africa International in women's doubles; 2nd place Scottish Open in women's doubles; Bitburger Open winner in women's doubles; Irish Open winner in women's doubles; 3rd place Irish Open in women's singles
• 2004 3rd place Portugal Open in women's singles a. Ladies doubles; German champion in women's doubles; 2nd place with the (women's) team at the Thomas / Uber Cup ; 5th place All England Open in women's doubles; 3rd place Dutch International in women's doubles; 5th place Japan Open in women's singles; Bronze medal at the European Championship in doubles; Bronze medal at the European Championship with the team; Round of 16 at the Olympic Games in Athens in women's doubles.
• 2005 German champion in women's doubles; German team runner-up with SG EBT Berlin; 5th place Thailand Open in women's doubles; Dutch International winner in women's doubles; Belgian International winner in women's doubles; 3rd place Greece Open in women's doubles; Bitburger Open winner in women's doubles; Norwegian International winner in women's doubles
• 2006 German champion in women's doubles; EM bronze medal with the (women) team; Dutch International winner in women's doubles; Silver medal at the European championship in women's doubles; German team runner-up with SG EBT Berlin; World Cup bronze medal with the women's team in the Uber Cup
• 2007 Together with Juliane Schenk German champion in ladies doubles, victory at the Spanish Open (Level 4 - International Challenge) in ladies doubles with Juliane Schenk
• 2008 quarter finals women singles and semifinals with Charmaine Reid in women doubles at the US Open ,
• 2010 winner with Charmaine Reid in women's doubles at the Peru International
• 2012 winner of the women’s singles and doubles with Charmaine Reid at the Carebaco Championship
• 2012 winner of the women’s singles at Brazil International
• 2013 winner of women's doubles with Charmaine Reid at the Boston Open

Web links

• Homepage Nicole Grether
• Profile of Nicole Grether on Badminton.de
• List of missions national team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maike Masurat: Nicole Grether is now running for Canada . badminton.de. 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 23, 2011.