Florian Keller
Florian Keller ( born October 3, 1981 in Berlin ) is a German hockey player.
Keller plays in the national hockey team, in 1999, European champion in Padua and won at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing an Olympic gold medal. In the years 2000 and 2006, he was top scorer in the Field Hockey League. He is currently player of the Hamburg club THK cracks with the shirt number 20
Family
Florian Keller comes from the most successful hockey family in the world. As he in Beijing in 2008 following family members have become Olympic champions: his father Carsten Keller in Munich in 1972, his half-brother Andreas Keller in Barcelona in 1992 and his sister Natascha Keller, 2004 in Athens; his grandfather Erwin Keller won in 1936 in Berlin Olympic silver against the then applicable as unbeatable Indians. Since the last training camp before the 2008 Olympics cellar bears reference to his grandfather, who was at the time as a bon vivant nicknamed " Erwin", to be hockey 's coach Markus Weise has jokingly thought regarding Keller's previous lifestyle.
Keller's life partner is the German football national team Navina Omilade, the cellar during the Olympic Games in Athens met in 2004 and married in December 2012.
Profession
On the one hand, Keller wanted to focus during his training as an insurance salesman, which he successfully completed in 2005, on his career and first together continue with his sister Natasha, Allianz Insurance Agency of his father, but both of which refrained after in connection with intercompany - restructuring grants for smaller agencies have been cut drastically. On the other hand, hit the basement, the decision to want to ride together with his sister and his girlfriend Navina Omilade as an active player for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, a goal that he wanted to subordinate everything to private waiving parties and alcohol. Basement can combine both: He now works at the radio group under Claudius Jochheim, the president of his club Zehlendorfer wasps which has introduced a professional promotion and career planning program for its players. There it was allowed him in addition to the professional development to train every morning, so that the basement could properly prepare for the Olympic Games in 2008.
Keller plans to be active in the Berlin foxes in sport management area from January 2009, in preparation he completed an internship at Hanover 96
Hockey
General
Florian Keller plays by storm. He is distinguished by his outstanding technique of simultaneously producing extremely high reaction speed. This allows him to bring leaked balls quickly and, where appropriate, from the movement under control and immediately initiate an attack, with him also benefit also be faster arrival - according to the German coach Markus Weise 's basement, on the first 30 meters, the fastest player in the national team. Keller drawback was the end of 2007 its still inadequate stamina, an area in which, according easiest way improvements, however, are possible. Florian Keller 's corner specialist and reliable seven-meter shot, he already belonged in 2000 to the four German players of his time national coach Paul Lissek received special training in the scoop then.
Third party assessment
According to an analysis by Tina Bachmann, the " defense boss" of the German national hockey team in 2007, Florian Keller is not only a great " scorer " but also a " crazy guy ", where one such need in the team. Germany coach way characterizes Keller as " quirky" but not as a " nerd ", he was very good for the team; we must respond to his nature, he must team-mate Carlos Nevado referred cellar as very important for the team " can do his stuff. "; off the field, Keller operated like an entertainer for the team on the court can ensure a victory cellar on good days single-handedly.
Career as a hockey player
His Bundesliga career began Florian Keller at the root of the basement club family, the Berlin HC. After an interlude in Hamburg at the Harvestehuder THC from 2001 to 2002, with the Keller fulfilled a childhood dream, he moved back to Berlin at the Zehlendorfer wasps.
In the National Team Keller debuted on 3 June 1999 at a 4:6 defeat against Belgium in Krefeld. Shortly thereafter, he participated in Padua in the profits of the 8th Men's European. After the Bundesliga season in 2001, graduated in the basement as top scorer in 2001 he was fouled hard in the Champions Trophy in the game against the Netherlands and broke his collarbone, and he does not aground longer time for the national team. According to the former national coach Bernhard Peters, the German national would become 2004 Olympic gold medalist at the Olympic Games in Athens, when Keller had then played. Some time after Keller had celebrated there together with his sister Natasha their Olympic victory, he returned to the national team. However, after the European Championships in 2005 Keller suffered a herniated disc and then declared for professional reasons his retirement from the national team. Following the Bundesliga season 2005/2006, the basement was able to complete as top scorer again, he break of head coach Markus was after two years way for the Champions Trophy in 2007 and brought back to the national team, a decision that marked those later than right after the German team won the Champions Trophy; next to Matthias Witt house was the basement with five goals in the team 's top scorer and was since then as the hope for the national team. In the Champions Trophy 2008 in Rotterdam, was only moderately successful with fifth place for the German team, has basement with seven -goal top scorer of the tournament. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 was the basement with the national Olympic champion and was with three goals in common with Christopher Zeller and Matthias Witt house most successful German scorer.
In the indoor season 2008/2009 Keller ran for the DTV Hannover, which was in connection with his simultaneous internship at Hannover 96. Following Keller rejoined the Zehlendorfer wasps, for which he was also active in the field season of 2008/ 09 and arrived there in the indoor season 2012/13 the greatest success in their history, reaching the final of the German Indoor Championship in 2013. There was semifinals to eventual runner- Uhlenhorst Mülheim after 8:9 in penalty shoot- terminus. Keller contributed in this game with three goals and changed his seven meters.
International participation and achievements
- Senior international debut June 3, 1999 GER- BEL 4:6 Krefeld
- 1999 1st place 8th Men's European Padua
- 2001 1st place 10 Men's Indoor European Lucerne
- 2001 1st place 23 Champions Trophy Men Rotterdam
- 2004 5th Place 26th Champions Trophy Men Lahore
- 2005 Men's European bronze medal Leipzig
- 2007 1st Place 29 Champions Trophy Men Kuala Lumpur
- 2008 1st place Olympic qualifiers Inuyama
- 2008 5th Place 30th Champions Trophy Men Rotterdam ( top scorer )
- 2008 Gold medal Olympic Games Beijing