Harald Koch

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
Country Austria
Born (1969-02-14) 14 February 1969
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

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

IBF International

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
  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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