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, an 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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