# Michael Kauter

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{{Short description|Swiss épée fencer (born 1979)}}
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'''Michael Kauter''' (born February 18, 1979, in [Bern](/source/Bern)) is a Swiss [épée](/source/%C3%A9p%C3%A9e) fencer.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Michael Kauter|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/michael-kauter-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095114/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/michael-kauter-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 19 January 2013}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in the weapon at the [2008 European Fencing Championships](/source/2008_European_Fencing_Championships) in [Kyiv, Ukraine](/source/Kyiv%2C_Ukraine).<ref>{{cite news|title=Swiss takes bronze at fencing championship|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sport/Swiss_takes_bronze_at_fencing_championship.html?cid=6782648|publisher=Swiss Info Corporation|date=7 July 2008|accessdate=19 January 2013}}</ref> He is the son of [Christian Kauter](/source/Christian_Kauter), a medalist at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics) in [Munich](/source/Munich) and at the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics) in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) in épée, and the brother of [Fabian Kauter](/source/Fabian_Kauter), an Olympic fencer in the same weapon.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Christian Kauter|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/christian-kauter-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230450/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/christian-kauter-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 18 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Fabian Kauter|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/fabian-kauter-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/fabian-kauter-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 18 January 2013}}</ref>

Kauter represented [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) in [Beijing](/source/Beijing), where he competed in the [men's individual épée](/source/Fencing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e) event. He defeated Ukraine's [Bohdan Nikishyn](/source/Bohdan_Nikishyn) in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing his next match to Netherlands' [Bas Verwijlen](/source/Bas_Verwijlen), with a score of 13–15.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Individual Épée – Round of 16|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc=FEM002400/index.html|publisher=[NBC Olympics](/source/NBC_Olympics)|accessdate=19 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820214505/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc=FEM002400/index.html|archive-date=20 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{official website|http://www.kauter-brothers.ch/}}
*[http://www.fie.ch/competitions/FencerDetail.aspx?param=973E6E0001D79CAF562D1771D8857808 Profile] – [FIE](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_d'Escrime)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120820195619/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=58878/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile]

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Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Olympic fencers for Switzerland
Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Bern
Category:Swiss male épée fencers
Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen
Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen

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