Andreas Keller (born 1 October 1965) is a former

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player from

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, who competed at three

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for his native country. He won the gold medal with Germany at the

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, after securing silver at the two previous Olympics in

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(1984) and

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(1988), with West Germany. The former striker and goalgetter is related to German female hockey star

Natascha Keller 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 Olymp ...

, who won the gold medal at the

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; he is her older brother. Their younger brother

Florian Keller Florian Keller (born October 3, 1981 in Berlin) is a field hockey player from Germany and the brother of Natascha Keller. He was a member of the Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olymp ...

won hockey gold at the

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. Their father Carsten for his sake captured the gold medal in field hockey at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

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, while their grandfather

Erwin Erwin may refer to: People Given name * Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), Austrian biochemist * Erwin Dold (1919–2012), German concentration camp commandant in World War 2 * Erwin Hauer (1926–2017), Austrian-born American sculptor * Egon Erwin Kisc ...

won a silver medal in the same sport at the

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. Andreas Keller was temporarily allied with the hockey silver medalist

Anke Wild Anke Wild (born 12 October 1967) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She was temporarily allied with the former ...

, who is also the mother of his two older children Felix and Luca.

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* 1965 births Living people German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Germany Olympic field hockey players of West Germany Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Field hockey players from Berlin Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub