Fabian Kauter
Kauter at the 2013 Masters Épée
Personal information
Nickname(s)	YuRi, Fabu
Born	(1985-09-22) 22 September 1985 (age 39) Bern, Switzerland
Residence	Bern, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
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.^[1]

Kauter competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.^[2][3]

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 Moscow, Russia.

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.

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.^[4][5]

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.

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Catania, Italy	Team Men's Épée	3rd[6]
2011	Catania, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[7]
2013	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[8]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Men's Épée	3rd[9]
2015	Moscow, Russia	Team Men's Épée	3rd[10]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2007	Ghent, Belgium	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[11]

Date	Location	Event	Position
02/11/2011	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[12]
05/14/2011	Stockholm, Sweden	Individual Men's Épée	1st[13]
05/11/2013	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[14]
03/22/2014	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	1st[15]
12/04/2015	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[16]

Date	Location	Event	Position
06/17/2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[17]
03/16/2012	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[18]
04/27/2012	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[19]
06/29/2012	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Men's Épée	1st[20]
03/15/2013	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[21]
11/14/2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[22]