Carsten "Calle" Fischer (born 29 August 1961) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the golden medal with his team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, after securing silver at the two previous Olympics in Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988). At his fourth Olympic games, in Atlanta (1996), he came fourth. Fischer was nicknamed The Man with The Hammer for his ferocious penalty corners. He played 259 international matches for Germany, scored a total number of 154 goals and played club hockey at HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He was born in Duisburg. In 1990 he was diagnosed with diabetes and lost all his hair. He finished his international sports career in 1996, and his national career the next year.

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German male field hockey players

Olympic field hockey players for 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

Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sportspeople from Duisburg

Olympic medalists in field hockey

Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for West Germany

Olympic silver medalists for West Germany

People with type 1 diabetes

1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players

Carsten Fischer