Michael Kauter (born February 18, 1979 in Bern) is a Swiss

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ...

fencer. He won a bronze medal in the weapon at the 2008 European Fencing Championships in

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. He is the son of

Christian Kauter Christian Kauter (born 6 May 1947) is a Swiss fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The Internat ...

, a medalist at the

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and at the

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in épée, and the brother of Fabian Kauter, an Olympic fencer in the same weapon. Kauter represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, where he competed in the men's individual épée event. He defeated Ukraine's

Bohdan Nikishyn Bohdan Serhiyovych Nikishyn ( uk, Богдан Сергійович Нікішин, translit=Bohdan Serhiyovyč Nikišyn; born 29 May 1980) is a Ukrainian right-handed épée fencer, 2015 team world champion, and three-time Olympian. Nikishyn c ...

in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing his next match to Netherlands' Bas Verwijlen, with a score of 13–15.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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