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Sport
  
Modern pentathlon

Name
  
Berndt Katter


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Children
  
Thomas Katter

Born
  
15 January 1932 (
1932-01-15
)
Helsinki, Finland

Died
  
July 20, 2014, Turku, Finland

Berndt Leopold Katter (15 October 1932 – 20 July 2014) was a Finnish former modern pentathlete and Olympic medalist. He thrived at the national level in water-polo (national gold), swimming and fencing.

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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.

Achievements

  • 1956 Summer Olympics:
  • team competition: bronze, individual competition: 16th.
  • 1960 Summer Olympics:
  • team competition: 4th, individual competition: 12th
  • World championships
  • 1959: team competition: silver,individual competition: 5th
  • References

    Berndt Katter Wikipedia