Carsten Keller (born 8 September 1939) is a former field hockey player from West-Germany, who won a gold medal for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played 133 international matches for Germany, and retired after the Munich Games. Keller then became a hockey coach.

Three of his children also played hockey at the highest level, and all were strikers. Andreas became Olympic champion in 1992 (Barcelona), after securing silver at the two previous Olympics in Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988). Natascha competed in four Olympics, and also won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Florian won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Carsten Keller

Carsten Keller's father Erwin grabbed a silver medal in the same sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

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1939 births

Living people

German male field hockey players

Olympic field hockey players for West Germany

Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics

German field hockey coaches

Olympic gold medalists for West Germany

Olympic medalists in field hockey

Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Olympic field hockey players for the United Team of Germany

20th-century German people

Carsten Keller