Natascha Keller

Natascha Keller
Keller playing for Germany in 2009
Personal information
Born 3 July 1977 (1977-07-03) (age 48)
West Berlin
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Medal record
Women's Field Hockey
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team Competition
European Nations Cup
Silver medal – second place 1999 Cologne Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gladbach Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Amstelveen Team Competition

Natascha Keller (born 3 July 1977 in West Berlin) is a German retired field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1999 she received an award from the International Hockey Federation.

Keller is the daughter of retired Olympic field hockey player Carsten Keller and granddaughter of player Erwin Keller. Her brothers Andreas Keller and Florian Keller, like her father and herself, were on gold medal-winning field hockey teams, all as strikers.

Keller has accumulated over 400 games for the Germany women's national field hockey team, which makes her the country's most capped female player in history. Keller was the flag bearer for Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first field hockey athlete being honour.

Keller is in the Guinness Book of Records with 425 international field hockey caps from 1994 to 2012.[2]

Literature

  • National Olympics Committee for Germany: Die deutsche Olympiamannschaft. Athen 2004. Frankfurt am Main 2004

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Natascha Keller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ Most appearances in an international hockey career (female) | Guinness World Records
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