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]

Peter Zauner
At the U. S. Open 2009
Personal information
CountryAustria
Born (1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 40)
Ried im Innkreis, Innviertel, Upper Austria, Austria
ResidenceDiersbach, Innviertel, Upper Austria, Austria
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
HandednessRight
Doubles
Highest ranking22 (MD with Jürgen Koch)
BWF profile

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 edit

BWF Grand Prix edit

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 edit

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
  Tomáš Kopřiva
21–17, 21–12   Winner
2008 Welsh International   Jürgen Koch   Andrew Bowman
  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
  Simon Mollyhus
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   Daniel Glaser
  Dennis von Dahn
5–15, 10–15   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Slovenian International   Simone Prutsch   Martin Kragh
  Louise Hansen
21–23, 21–17, 21–17   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF/IBF International Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Peter Zauner" (in German). ASKÖ Traun Badminton Club. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Profile : Peter ZAUNER". bwfbadminton.com. BWF. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Zauner Peter" (PDF) (in German). Badminton Österreich. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ von Streif, Thomas (22 February 2014). "Peter Zauner: Olympia 2016 noch im Hinterkopf". nachrichten.at (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2020.