Peter Zauner
Peter Zauner | |
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Personal information | |
Country | Austria |
Born | Ried im Innkreis, Innviertel, Upper Austria, Austria | 30 May 1983
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
[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 |
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2009 | U. S. Open | Jürgen Koch | Howard Bach Tony Gunawan |
12–21, 9–21 | Runner-up |
BWF/IBF International
[edit]Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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]- ^ "Peter Zauner" (in German). ASKÖ Traun Badminton Club. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Profile : Peter ZAUNER". bwfbadminton.com. BWF. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Zauner Peter" (PDF) (in German). Badminton Österreich. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ von Streif, Thomas (22 February 2014). "Peter Zauner: Olympia 2016 noch im Hinterkopf". nachrichten.at (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2020.