Natascha Keller is a German retired field hockey striker, born July 3, 1977, in West Berlin, who competed at five Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) and won gold at the 2004 Athens Games. She accumulated more than 400 international caps, becoming Germany's most capped female field hockey player and holding a Guinness World Record with 425 caps from 1994 to 2012, and received an award from the International Hockey Federation in 1999. She served as flag bearer for Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the first field hockey athlete given that honor, and comes from a hockey family: daughter of Olympic player Carsten Keller, granddaughter of Erwin Keller, and sister of gold medal-winning strikers Andreas and Florian Keller.
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Career HighlightWon Olympic gold with Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Classification
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Which of Natascha Keller's relatives also played top-level field hockey?
Her grandfather Erwin, her father Carsten and her brother Florian all appear in her family line, along with stepbrother Andreas.
Natascha Keller came from a long field hockey family. Olympedia describes her as the granddaughter of Erwin Keller, the daughter of Carsten Keller, the sister of Florian Keller and the stepsister of Andreas Keller.
Was Natascha Keller the first woman to play field hockey at five Olympic Games?
Olympedia names her the first woman in hockey to play five consecutive Olympics, from 1996 to 2012.
Olympedia calls her the first female hockey player to take part in five consecutive Olympic Games, from 1996 to 2012. She won gold at Athens in 2004 and carried the German flag at the 2012 London Games.
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Natascha Keller (born 3 July 1977 in West Berlin) is a German retired field hockey striker.
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Natascha Keller (born 3 July 1977 in West Berlin) is a German retired field hockey striker.
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She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Keller is the daughter of retired Olympic field hockey player Carsten Keller and granddaughter of player Erwin Keller.
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Natascha Keller (born 3 July 1977 in West Berlin) is a German retired field hockey striker.
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Keller was the flag bearer for Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first field hockey athlete being honour.
Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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