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	14 February 1969 Traun, Upper Austria, Austria
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Yan Yujiang
Men's Doubles
Career title(s)	5 (Internationally)
Highest ranking	22 (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.