Ronald Alexander Fischer (born April 12, 1959) is a Canadian-born German former professional

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. He played eighteen games in the

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with the

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between the 1981–82 and 1982–83 seasons, recording seven assists. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1981 to 1996, was mainly spent playing in

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for

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. Internationally Fischer played for both the

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and German national teams at multiple tournaments, including the

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and

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

. Fischer was born in Merritt,

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* 1959 births Living people Buffalo Sabres players Calgary Dinos ice hockey players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian ice hockey defencemen Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Germany Olympic ice hockey players of West Germany People from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Rochester Americans players Sherwood Park Crusaders players Starbulls Rosenheim players Undrafted National Hockey League players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1950s-stub