Berndt Leopold Katter (15 October 1932 – 20 July 2014) was a Finnish former

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci ...

and Olympic medalist. He thrived at the national level in water-polo (national gold), swimming and fencing.

Civilian life

Besides his sport career, Katter worked in SOK, the Turku Lamp, OPA Ltd, Humppila Glass and Sylvi Salonen Oy's service. Katter had three children: musician Thomas Katter, Niclas v. Bonsdorff, and Christofer v. Bonsdorff. He was married with textile-artist Riitta Suomi. They lived in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

Achievements

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

: **team competition: bronze, individual competition: 16th. *

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

: **team competition: 4th, individual competition: 12th *

World championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

**1959: team competition: silver, individual competition: 5th

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20121108073930/http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2008/results/historical/athletes/9723.htm
Competitor no. 11, Berndt Katter (Finland)
running along a creek bed in the pentathlon, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 28 November 1956 icture
Summer Olympics 2000 Olympic history -- Modern pentathlon

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