Christopher Zeller (born 14 September 1984) is a German national representative

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player. As of 2008, his current club is

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. Zeller represented

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in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Born in

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, he is the younger brother of Philipp Zeller.

Career

Zeller was a member of the Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the

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and scored the only goal in the final. Two years earlier, he also won the

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where he scored two goals in the final match and was chosen as the ''Most Promising Player'' of the tournament. Zeller played in the gold medal match for field hockey at the 2012 Olympics which Germany won.

References

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesOfficial website of the Zeller brothers

External links

* * * * 1984 births Living people German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics HC Bloemendaal players 21st-century German people 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub