Peter Zauner

Peter Zauner
At the U. S. Open 2009
Personal information
Country	Austria
Born	(1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 38) Ried im Innkreis, Innviertel, Upper Austria, Austria
Residence	Diersbach, Innviertel, Upper Austria, Austria
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Handedness	Right
Doubles
Highest ranking	22 (MD with Jürgen Koch)
BWF profile

Peter Zauner (born 30 May 1983) is a retired Austrian badminton player from ASKÖ Traun club^[1] who won National Championships for 13 times.^[2][3]

Zauner became the National Junior Champion in 2001. Five further junior titles followed from 2003 to 2005. In 2005 he also won the adult category for the first time and won the Hungarian International and Slovak International. In 2006 he won the Austrian International, 2009 the Slovenian International and 2010 the Romanian International. Zauner ended his international career in 2014. Since 2018 he has been the sports coordinator of the Upper Austrian Badminton Association. In addition, he also studied Marketing Studies from Steyr in Austria. He and his partner Jürgen Koch dominated the Austrian badminton for nearly 25 years. They were one of the strongest doubles pair Austria has produced who reached highest world ranking of 22 in their peak period. Zauner won Austrian national championships for 13 times, two times in singles; eleven times in men's doubles (with Harald Koch and Jürgen Koch).^[4]

Achievements[]

BWF Grand Prix[]

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	U. S. Open	Jürgen Koch	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	12–21, 9–21	Runner-up

BWF/IBF International[]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Belgian International	Jürgen Koch	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Maldives International	Jürgen Koch	Ashton Chen Yong Zhao Derek Wong	19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Slovenian International	Jürgen Koch	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Banuinvest International	Jürgen Koch	Chayut Triyachart Danny Bawa Chrisnanta	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2009	Slovenian International	Jürgen Koch	Daniel Graßmück Roman Zirnwald	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2008	Slovenian International	Michael Lahnsteiner	Ondřej Kopřiva	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2008	Welsh International	Jürgen Koch	Martyn Lewis	21–14, 15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2006	Austrian International	Jürgen Koch	Ingo Kindervater Tim Dettmann	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2005	Iceland International	Jürgen Koch	Anders Kristiansen	13–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2005	Hungarian International	Jürgen Koch	Mihail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov	15–5, 15–9	Winner
2005	Slovak International	Jürgen Koch	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	15–10, 15–3	Winner
2004	Croatian International	Harald Koch		5–15, 10–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Slovenian International	Simone Prutsch	Louise Hansen	21–23, 21–17, 21–17	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF/IBF International Series tournament

References[]