Michael Kauter

Michael Kauter
Personal information
Nationality   Switzerland
Born (1979-02-18) 18 February 1979
Bern, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Épée
Club Fechtclub Bern[1]

Michael Kauter (born February 18, 1979 in Bern) is a Swiss épée fencer.[2] He won a bronze medal in the weapon at the 2008 European Fencing Championships in Kiev, Ukraine.[3] He is the son of Christian Kauter, a medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in épée, and the brother of Fabian Kauter, a former Olympic fencer in the same weapon.[4][5]

Kauter represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's individual épée event. He defeated Ukraine's Bohdan Nikishyn in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing his next match to Netherlands' Bas Verwijlen, with a score of 13–15.[6]

References

  1. "Michael Kauter". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. "Michael Kauter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. "Swiss takes bronze at fencing championship". Swiss Info Corporation. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. "Christian Kauter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  5. "Fabian Kauter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. "Men's Individual Épée – Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

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