Yannick Käser

Yannick Käser (born 3 July 1992 in Rheinfelden, Aargau) is a Swiss swimmer, who specializes in breaststroke events.[2][3] He is a 7-time Swiss swimming champion, a multiple-time age-group record holder, and a member of the swimming team for Virginia Cavaliers. He is also currently training with Limmat Sharks in Zurich under his coach Dirk Reinicke. He used to train with coach Dieter Sofka up to 2011.[1][2]

Yannick Käser
Personal information
Nickname(s)Käsi, Pigeon[1]
Nationality  Switzerland
Born (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992
Rheinfelden, Aargau,
Switzerland
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubLimmat Sharks (SUI)[2]
College teamVirginia Cavaliers (USA)[2]
CoachDieter Sofka[2]

Kaeser made his international debut at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, where he placed sixth in the 200 m breaststroke with his personal best of 2:17.78.[4] In 2011, he cleared the 2:10 barrier to set a short-course Swiss record of 2:09.99 in the same stroke at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland.[5]

Kaeser qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by breaking a long-course Swiss record and eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 2:12.09 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[6][7] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including top medal favorites Clark Burckle of the United States and Ryo Tateishi of Japan. Kaeser rounded out the field to last place by more than a second behind Hungary's Ákos Molnár in 2:13.49. Kaeser failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fourth overall in the preliminary heats.[8][9]

Two weeks after the Olympics, Kaeser later admitted that he officially enrolled on a full academic scholarship at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, majoring in commerce. For four years of his academic eligibility, he trained under coach Clif Robbins.[10]

Swimming for the Cavaliers, Kaeser achieved multiple NCAA All-American honors. He is the current UVa school record holder in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 52.47 and in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:53.41. He continues to swim internationally for the Swiss National Team. Most recently, Kaeser competed in European Long Course Championship held in Glasgow in 2018. He competed in 100 breaststroke, finishing 22nd with time of 1:01.08. He placed 21st in the 200 breast with a time of 2:13.66. On the last day of the competition, Yannick placed 30th, swimming a 28.28. [11]

References
  1. "FSN Profile – Yannick Käser" (PDF). Schweizerischer Schwimmverband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. "Yannick Käser". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yannick Käser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. "Youth Olympic Games: Andrii Govorov Smokes 50 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. "2011 European Short Course Championships (Szczecin, Poland) – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  6. "2012 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  7. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  8. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 4". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. "Schweizer Schwimmer ohne Chance auf Halbfinaleinzug" [Swiss swimmer with no chance of semis] (in German). Berner Zeitung. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  10. "Schweizer Schwimmer schwach" [Swiss swimmers are weak] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  11. "Results of the European Swimming Championship". LEN. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.


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