Yannick Käser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Olympic swimmer
Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1992
Place of Birth: Rheinfelden District, Aargau, Switzerland
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Yannick Käser
- Yannick Käser (born July 3, 1992 in Rheinfelden, Aargau) is a Swiss swimmer, who specializes in breaststroke events.
- 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.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.
- 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.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.
- 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.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.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.
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