[3] Playing in a seconds game against TSV Grünberg, she was knocked down by Magdalena von Geyr [de], resulting in a torn anterior cruciate ligament and cartilage damage.

The German national team won gold at the European championships, and went on to win it again in 2009 and 2011 before losing to the Netherlands in 2013.

[13] They defeated the Australians in front of a crowd of over 12,000 to win the gold medal,[12] Gesche Schünemann the first time that Germany had won in women's wheelchair basketball at the Paralympics since 1984.

[14] They were awarded a second Silver Laurel Leaf by President Joachim Gauck in November 2012,[15] and were again named Team of the Year for 2012.

[15] After the Paralympics, Schünemann was required to rest for three months after surgery to repair the damaged tendons of the little right finger,[16] but returned for the European Championships in 2013, which Germany lost to the Netherlands.

[17] In 2014, she won silver at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto, where the German team was defeated by Canada in the final.