Berndt Katter
{{Short description|Finnish modern pentathlete (1932–2014)}}
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| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland
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| death_place = Turku, Finland
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Berndt Leopold Katter (15 October 1932 – 20 July 2014{{cite web|last1=Tallroth-Kock|first1=Lena|last2=Santanen|first2=Pekka|title=Berndt Katter|url=http://www.hs.fi/muistot/Berndt+Katter/a1305858883831|website=hs.fi|publisher=Helsingin Sanomat|accessdate=11 August 2014|language=fi|date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812054622/http://www.hs.fi/muistot/Berndt+Katter/a1305858883831|archive-date=12 August 2014|url-status=live}}) was a Finnish former modern pentathlete and Olympic medalist.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KATTEBER01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Berndt Katter |accessdate=2012-07-21 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015120031/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KATTEBER01 |archivedate=2012-10-15 |df= }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/berndt-katter-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180610/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/berndt-katter-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Berndt Katter Olympic Results |accessdate=2012-07-21 |work=sports-reference.com}} 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.
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
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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121108073930/http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2008/results/historical/athletes/9723.htm
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3125192 Competitor no. 11, Berndt Katter (Finland)] running along a creek bed in the pentathlon, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 28 November 1956 [picture].
- [http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/pentathlon/s/almanac.html Summer Olympics 2000 Olympic history -- Modern pentathlon]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080305044153/http://yle.fi/kodinkaantopiiri/erilaista03_8.htm Kodin kääntöpiiri]
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Category:Finnish male modern pentathletes
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Category:Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon
Category:Olympic modern pentathletes for Finland
Category:Modern pentathletes at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Modern pentathletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Finnish male water polo players
Category:Modern pentathletes from Helsinki
Category:Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen
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