Given the question: Facts:   - sport: fencing    - death date: 2 march 1988      - birth date: 16 january 1908    - name: kate mahaut    - death place: frederiksberg , denmark    - birth place: frederiksberg , denmark   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kate mahaut .
The answer is:
kate mahaut -lrb- 16 january 1908 -- 2 march 1988 -rrb- was a danish fencer .she competed in the women 's individual foil events at the 1948 and 1952 summer olympics .