Debrunner secures triple Swiss gold at Paris Paralympics

After triumphing in the 5,000 and 800 metres, Swiss wheelchair athlete Catherine Debrunner has secured a triple gold medal in the 1,500 metres at the Paralympics in Paris. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Debrunner is the first Swiss woman to triumph three times at a Paralympic Games. Overall, it was the fourth gold medal for the 29-year-old from Thurgau at the most important event in disabled sport - three years ago in Tokyo, she won in the 400 metres. The most successful Swiss woman at the Paralympics is Elisabeth Bisquolm, who climbed to the top of the podium six times in athletics and table tennis between 1976 and 1988. Number two is now Debrunner, who is also the favourite in Paris in the 100m, 400 m and marathon. Debrunner was in a class of her own over 1,500 metres. The world record holder and world champion in this discipline, who was honoured as ‘Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability’ at last year's Laureus Awards, controlled the race from ...