Jürgen Koch (born 8 January 1973) is an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from Askö Traun badminton club.

Career

Koch competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Wong Wai Lap, of Hong Kong, 17-18, 15-6, 15-3. Koch played the

2007 BWF World Championships The 2007 BWF World Championships was the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007. Host city selection Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candid ...

in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by

Anup Sridhar Anup Sridhar (born 11 April 1983) is an Indian retired badminton player. Career Anup Sridhar is India's Thomas Cup captain. He completed his education from Jain University,https://www.jainuniversity.ac.in/Notable-Alumni/Anup-Sridhar.php Nota ...

, of

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, 21-15, 21-19. He won more than 20 titles at the Austrian National Badminton Championships.

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External links

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IBF Profile
at ''www.internationalbadminton.org'' 1973 births Living people People from Traun Austrian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Austria Sportspeople from Upper Austria {{Austria-badminton-bio-stub