Nicole Grether
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Nicole Grether ( born October 17, 1974 in Schopfheim, Germany ) is a German badminton player.
Sporting career
Nicole began playing at the age of eight badminton. Her then PE teacher, badminton coach Hans -Georg Kolodziej, quickly recognized the talent and the talent of Nicole. 1988 Nicole was the first time German champion student in women's singles. In the period 1982-1992 Nicole played for the TSG Schopfheim and the BC Brombach. In 1992 a move to Saarbrücken. At the local Olympic Training Center and federal base for badminton training was continued. There was also an exchange for a club SSV Heiligenwald, for the Grether of the season 92/93 to the 1995/96 season in the 1st Bundesliga played badminton. In 1993, the first use in the German national team.
1994-1997 Nicole was in the sports promotion group Bexbach in the army. Subsequently 1997-2001 a successful training for travel clerk in Berlin. The next club where Nicole was used, was SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen. Here she was from the 1996/97 season until the withdrawal of the club from the Bundesliga in the season 2002/ 03 is active. With this team, it was three times German team champion in badminton. Since May 2001, Grether was back in the army, now in a sports promotion group Potsdam. From the season 2003/ 04 then the use of the club was Empor Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Meanwhile, in May 1997, a move to Kleinmachnow. At first Nicole trained here at the base country for badminton in Berlin. It was supervised since 1997 by the Olympic Training Center in Berlin. Your coach since 1999, the former Indonesian top players Bram Fernardin.
In March 2003, was a renewed change of residence to Berlin. Since July 2006, Nicole has a second home in Mülheim an der Ruhr and trained there as well. She shares an apartment there with Youth European Champion Janet Koehler. Currently occupied Nicole in the world rankings (as of July 6, 2006 ) 9th place in women's doubles with her partner Juliane Schenk. In women's singles, it is represented in the top 50 in the world. She is also German record national with currently 121 inserts (12/ 2007) in 106 internationals.
The Norwegian International she retired on 17 November 2007 in the quarterfinals of the women's doubles an outline of the Achilles tendon, which forced them to several months of break. After another tear of the Achilles tendon in December 2007, Nicole began in January 2008 with the ReHa.
In the June 10, 2008 Singapore Open begun Nicole Grether has become after her achilles injury first becomes active. In individual 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 was announced that Nicole Grether has asked the German Badminton Association to release to play for Canada in the future tournaments. At this event, she also said that she will not give up their German passport. This release was her loud Martin Kranitz, DBV- sports director issued.
Partner
Nicole Grether has played in the double disciplines at international events with the following partners.