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Andreas Keller

Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
Andreas Keller (born 1 October 1965) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at three Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the gold medal with Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, after securing silver at the two previous Olympics in Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988), with West Germany.

The former striker and goalgetter is related to German female hockey star Natascha Keller, who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics; he is her older brother. Their younger brother Florian Keller won hockey gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Their father Carsten for his sake captured the gold medal in field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, while their grandfather Erwin won a silver medal in the same sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Andreas Keller was temporarily allied with the hockey silver medalist Anke Wild, who is also the mother of his two older children Felix and Luca.

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Events on 1965

  • 8Mar

    Vietnam War

    Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
  • 15Mar

    Voting Rights Act

    President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
  • 6Aug

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
  • 27Nov

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
  • 28Nov

    Ferdinand Marcos

    Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.