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Η Natascha Keller θα είναι η σημαιοφόρος της Γερμανίας στην τελετή έναρξης των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων του Λονδίνου. Η 35χρονη αθλήτρια του χόκεϊ επί χόρτου κατέκτησε το χρυσό μετάλλιο στην Αθήνα το 2004, ενώ κατάγεται από μια φημισμένη... δυναστεία του συγκεκριμένου σπορ: ο παππούς της, Έρβιν Κέλερ, πήρε ασημένιο μετάλλιο στους Ολυμπιακούς το 1936, ο πατέρας της, Κάρστεν, χρυσό στους Ολυμπιακούς το 1972, ο αδελφός της, Αντρέας, χρυσό το 1992 και ο άλλος αδελφός της, Φλόριαν, χρυσό το 2008
Nickname
Taschi (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)
Hobbies
Sport, spending time with friends, reading, going away on holidays and travelling. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)
Occupation
Marketing
Education
Business Administration, Berlin, GER
Language(s) spoken
English, German
Club name
Berliner HC, Berlin, GER
Coach
Dennis Grueneberg [club], Michael Behrmann [national] (GER) (berlinerhockeyclub.de, 19 Jan 2012; hockey.de, 19 Jan 2012)
Position and style
Forward (FIH, 31 Oct 2002)
Handedness
Right (Athlete, 24 July 2009)
Other sports
Her grandfather Erwin Keller won a silver medal in hockey at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Her father Carsten Keller won a gold medal in hockey at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and her step-brother Andreas Keller won medals in hockey at the 1984 [silver], 1988 [silver] and 1992 [gold] Olympic Games. Her younger brother Florian Keller won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 16 Jun 1999; Infostrada, 31 Aug 2008)
Debut
1994 for Germany, against Netherlands (fihockey.org, 31 Oct 2002)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She started playing hockey at age six. (Athlete 24, July 2009)
Reason for taking up this sport
Her family is a hockey family. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (deutscher-hockey-bund.de, 17 Sep 2007)
Most influential person in career
Her father. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Carpe diem." (hockey.de, 31 Jul 2008)
Awards
She received the 'Golden Ribbon of the Sports Press' award in 2011, a prestigious award presented annually by the German sports press. (fih.ch, 22 Mar 2011)
She was named in the International Hockey Federation's [FIH] All Star team in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. (FIH, 31 Dec 2010)
She was named the FIH Player of the Year for 1999. She was a nominee for the award in 2011 (Athlete, 16 Jun 1999; fih.ch, 01 Dec 2011)
Voted as the German Hockey Federation's Player of the Year for 1997. (Athlete, 16 Jun 1999)
General
OLYMPIC RECORD
With the German team already qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she has the chance to become the first German hockey player to appear at five Olympic Games. She made her Olympic debut in Atlanta in 1996 and has since competed in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. (fih.ch, 22 Mar 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996
