Harald Koch (born 14 February 1969) is a retired Austrian badminton player from Askö Traun badminton club.[1][2] He is the brother of former Olympian badminton player Jürgen Koch.

Harald Koch
Personal information
CountryAustria
Born (1969-02-14) 14 February 1969 (age 55)
Traun, Upper Austria, Austria
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessRight
CoachYan Yujiang
Men's Doubles
Career title(s)5 (Internationally)
Highest ranking22 (with Jürgen Koch)
BWF profile

About

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Harald and his younger brother Jürgen Koch were born in badminton enthusiast family. Their father Herbert Koch served as the manager of Askö Traun, Austrian youth committee and as OÖBV president; and led their team in winning the Bundesliga title many times.[3] Harald Koch won his first national title at the national junior championships in 1987. In 1991 he won the senior competition for the first time. Since then, he has won Austrian national championships for 26 times.[4] Internationally, Harald has won titles in European grand prix, which includes his titles in Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Romania and France and several other runner-up performances as well in Slovenia, Hungary, Austria and Croatia. At present, he is working as a Sporting goods dealer.

Achievements

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IBF International

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1989 Czechoslovakian International   Heimo Götschl   Heinz Fischer
  Klaus Fischer
15–13, 16–18, 15–13   Winner
1992 Czechoslovakian International   Jürgen Koch   Anthony Bush
  Steffan Pandya
9–15, 9–15   Runner-up
1993 Slovenian International   Heimo Götschl   Vladislav Druzchenko
  Valerij Strelcov
8–15, 15–7, 2–15   Runner-up
1993 Hungarian International   Jürgen Koch   Kai Mitteldorf
  Uwe Ossenbrink
13–15, 16–17   Runner-up
1995 Hungarian International   Jürgen Koch   Julian Robertson
  Nathan Robertson
18–15, 7–15, 13–15   Runner-up
1996 Slovak International   Jürgen Koch   Jesper Mikla
  Lars Paaske
15–11, 15–8   Winner
1996 Hungarian International   Jürgen Koch   Jan Jørgensen
  Jonas Rasmussen
15–18, 12–15   Runner-up
1997 Slovak International   Jürgen Koch   Michał Łogosz
  Kamil Turonek
15–9, 15–5   Winner
1997 Slovenian International   Jürgen Koch   Russell Hogg
  Kenny Middlemiss
14–18, 5–15   Runner-up
1998 La Chaux-de-Fonds International   Jürgen Koch   Mihail Popov
  Svetoslav Stoyanov
–, –   Winner
1999 Romanian International   Jürgen Koch   Manuel Dubrulle
  Vincent Laigle
15–10, 15–13   Winner
2000 Austrian International   Jürgen Koch   Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  Janek Roos
15–12, 8–15, 9–15   Runner-up
2000 Romanian International   Jürgen Koch   Mathias Boe
  Michael Jensen
4–15, 3–15   Runner-up
2004 Croatian International   Peter Zauner   Daniel Glaser
  Dennis von Dahn
5–15, 10–15   Runner-up

References

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  1. ^ "Profile:Harald Koch". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Harald Koch – Steckbrief". www.badminton-traun.at (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Rebhandl, Lukas (22 March 2017). "Verabschiedung Yan Yujiang". www.badminton-ooe.at (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Sehr interessanter Trainingsabend mit Harald Koch!". www.atus.at (in German). 6 March 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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