Fabian Kauter

Fabian Kauter
Kauter at the 2013 Masters Épée
Personal information
Nickname(s)	YuRi, Fabu
Born	(1985-09-22) 22 September 1985 Bern, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	épée
Hand	Right-handed
National coach	Angelo Mazzoni, Gianni Muzio
Club	Fechtclub Bern
Head coach	Christian Kauter
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2011 Catania Individual 2011 Catania Team 2013 Budapest Individual 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team European Championships 2004 Copenhagen Team 2012 Legnano Team 2013 Zagreb Team 2014 Strasbourg Team 2009 Plovdiv Individual 2007 Ghent Individual

Fabian Kauter (born 22 September 1985) is a Swiss right-handed épée fencer and two-time Olympian.

Kauter competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

Kauter won a bronze medal in the individual men's épée event and a bronze medal in the team men's épée event at the 2011 World Fencing Championships in Catania, Italy, a bronze medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary, a bronze medal in the team men's épée event at the 2014 World Fencing Championships in Kazan, Russia, and a bronze medal in the team men's épée event at the 2015 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Kauter won a bronze medal in the individual men's épée event at the 2007 European Fencing Championships in Ghent, Belgium.

Between 2011 and 2015, Kauter won two FIE Men's Épée Grand Prix titles, in addition to a silver medal and two bronze medals.

Between 2011 and 2014, Kauter won a FIE Men's Épée World Cup title, in addition to two silver medals and three bronze medals.

Personal life

Kauter's first sport was football, but a series of injuries lead him to turn to another sport. He took up fencing at age ten. His father, Christian Kauter, is a two-time Olympic medalist, and his brother, Michael Kauter, is a former Olympic fencer, both in épée.

Kauter also pursues a musical career under the artist name YuRi. He released in 2009 his first album Summer in Sibirie, followed in 2012 by Kopf über Wasser. In 2013, he co-founded "I believe in you", a crowdfunding platform for sport projects in Switzerland.