Henriett Koósz (born 14 February 1980 in Kőszeg) is an Austrian para badminton player and former wheelchair tennis player. As a member of the Austrian Paralympic wheelchair tennis team, she competed at the 2012 Paralympics in London. In 2016, she represented Austria in para-badminton at the Austrian Open.
In 2013, she was awarded the MiA award by the Austrian Federal Sports Organisation.
Early life and career Koósz was born in Hungary. She has been paraplegic since a car accident in October 1997. She started without previous knowledge with wheelchair tennis at the age of 24. In December 2005, she started her participation in international and national tournaments.
In 2007, she played in the B squad and in 2010 was taken into the A-squad of the Austrian national wheelchair tennis team. Koósz won the 2009 national championship in women's doubles with her partner Anette Baldauf for the first time, and a year later she became national champion in women's singles.
After London, Koósz hung up her tennis racket for health reasons. In 2016, she discovered badminton and started a new career as an international parabadminton player and army athlete.
In 2024, she competed in the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
In 2025, Henriett ended her active career as a para badminton player.
Wheelchair tennis statistics
ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour
Singles ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore Win2010Birrhard Open Clay Claudia Fornefeld6–4, 6–2Win2010Vulkanland Open Clay Bianca Osterer6–1, 6–2Win2010Tournoi Indoors Bulle Carpet Simona Rusnak6–7, 6–2, 6–1Loss2010Czech Open Clay Loss2010Slovakia OpenClay Loss2010Mediterranee Open de La GardeHard Marianna Lauro2–6, 2–6Win2011Sion IndoorCarpet Johana Martínez6–3, 6–3Win2011Tournoi de Montfermeil- Arlette Racineux6–1, 6–0Loss2011Mediterranee Open de La GardeHard Marianna Lauro6–2, 66–7, 5–7Loss2012Slovakia OpenClay Loss2012Czech OpenClay Bianca Osterer3–6, 6–2, 65–7Loss2012Israel OpenHard Louise Hunt5–7, 2–6
Doubles ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin2010Birrhard OpenClay Brigitte SeyerLoss2010Vulkanland OpenClay Linda Wagemann Margrit Fink Waltraud Posch4–6, 7–65, 1–6Win2010Tournoi Indoors BulleCarpet Brigitte Seyer Simona Rusnak Linda Wagemann6–3, 6–2Loss2011Sion IndoorCarpet Sandra Salzgeber Johana Martínez Karin Suter-Erath4–6, 5–7Win2011Tournoi de Montfermeil - Mieke van Chastelet Emilie Chéné Pauline Helouin6–1, 6–4Win2011Mediterranee Open de La GardeHard Marianna Lauro Parmila Grangier Bianca Osterer65–7, 6–2, 12–10Win2012Czech OpenClay Brigitte SeyerLoss2012Israel OpenHard Emilie Chéné Louise Hunt Yuko Okabe1–6, 3–6
Para-badminton statistics
World Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Cynthia Mathez 13–21, 8–21 Bronze
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo, Japan Ignacio Fernández Choi Jung-man Lee Sun-ae 9–21, 12–21 Bronze
European Championships Women's singles YearVenueOpponentScoreResult2016Sporthal de Haamen, Beek, Netherlands Karin Suter-Erath10–21, 8–21 Bronze2018Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France Valeska Knoblauch11–21, 12–21 Bronze
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