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Carsten Fischer: Olympic Field Hockey Star

Carsten Fischer is a former West German field hockey player born on August 29, 1961, who competed in four Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1992 and silver medals in 1984 and 1988. Known as 'The Man with The Hammer' for his powerful penalty corners, he played 259 international matches and scored 154 goals. Fischer was diagnosed with diabetes in 1990 and concluded his international career in 1996.

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Carsten Fischer: Olympic Field Hockey Star

Carsten Fischer is a former West German field hockey player born on August 29, 1961, who competed in four Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1992 and silver medals in 1984 and 1988. Known as 'The Man with The Hammer' for his powerful penalty corners, he played 259 international matches and scored 154 goals. Fischer was diagnosed with diabetes in 1990 and concluded his international career in 1996.

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Carsten Fischer

Carsten "Calle" Fischer (born 29 August 1961) is a


former field hockey player from West Germany, who Carsten Fischer
competed at four Summer Olympics for his native Personal information
country. He won the golden medal with his team at the Born 29 August 1961 (age 63)
1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, after securing Duisburg, West Germany
silver at the two previous Olympics in Los Angeles Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
(1984) and Seoul (1988). At his fourth Olympic games, Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
in Atlanta (1996), he came fourth.[1] Medal record

Fischer was nicknamed The Man with The Hammer for Men's field hockey
his ferocious penalty corners. He played 259 Olympic Games
international matches for Germany, scored a total Representing West Germany
number of 154 goals and played club hockey at HTC
1984 Los Angeles Team Competition
Uhlenhorst Mülheim in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He was
1988 Seoul Team Competition
born in Duisburg. In 1990 he was diagnosed with
diabetes and lost all his hair. He finished his Representing Germany
international sports career in 1996, and his national 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
career the next year.

References
1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carsten Fischer" (https://w
eb.archive.org/web/20161203043814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/
carsten-fischer-1.html). Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
Archived from the original (https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/carsten-fis
cher-1.html) on 3 December 2016.

External links
Carsten Fischer (https://tms.fih.ch/people/11904) at the International Hockey Federation
Carsten Fischer (https://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/A
uswahl-Teams/Nationalspieler-Anzeige.asp&persid=151625) at Deutscher Hockey-Bund (in
German)
Carsten Fischer (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/carsten-fischer) at Olympics.com
Carsten Fischer (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18989) at Olympedia

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