- Christian Keller
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For the Danish footballer, see Christian Keller (footballer).
Christian Keller Personal information Full name Christian Keller Nationality 
GermanyBorn August 3, 1972
Essen, Nordrhein-WestfalenHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle and medley Club Sportgemeinschaft Duisburg Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for GermanyOlympic Games Bronze 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Bronze 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2003 Barcelona 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Silver 1993 Palma 4×200 m freestyle Silver 1997 Gothenburg 200 m medley Bronze 1997 Gothenburg 400 m medley European Championships (LC) Gold 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle Gold 1999 Istanbul 4×200 m freestyle Silver 1993 Sheffield 4×200 m freestyle Silver 1995 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m medley Silver 2000 Helsinki 200 m medley Silver 2000 Helsinki 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1991 Athens 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1993 Sheffield 200 m medley Bronze 1995 Vienna 200 m medley Bronze 1997 Seville 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Silver 1994 Stavenger 100 m medley Silver 1996 Rostock 200 m medley Silver 1996 Rostock 400 m medley Silver 2000 Valencia 200 m medley Bronze 1993 Gateshead 100 m medley Bronze 1996 Rostock 100 m medley Bronze 1998 Sheffield 400 m medley Christian Keller (born August 3, 1972 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia). is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Four years later the three-time European Junior Champion won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay. Keller was named German Swimmer of the Year for two consecutive years: 1994 and 1995.
References
World Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley 1993: Christian Keller (GER) · 1995: Matthew Dunn (AUS) · 1997: Matthew Dunn (AUS) · 1999: Matthew Dunn (AUS) · 2000: Jani Sievinen (FIN) · 2002: Jani Sievinen (FIN) · 2004: Thiago Pereira (BRA) · 2006: Ryan Lochte (USA) · 2008: Ryan Lochte (USA) · 2010: Ryan Lochte (USA)European Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1926: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berger, Heinrich) • 1927: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berger, Heinrich) • 1931: Hungary (Wanié, Szabados, Székely, Bárány) • 1934: Hungary (Gróf, Marothy, Csik, Lengyel) • 1938: Germany (Birr, Heimlich, Freese, Plath) • 1947: Sweden (Olsson, Lundén, Östrand, Johansson) • 1950: Sweden (Sjunnerholm, Östrand, Johansson, Larsson) • 1954: Hungary (Till, Dömötör, Kádas, Nyéki) • 1958: Soviet Union (Nikolayev, Struchanov, Luchkovski, Nikitin) • 1962: Sweden (Rosendahl, Lindberg, Svensson, Bengtsson) • 1966: Soviet Union (Ilyichev, Belits-Geiman, Pletnev, Novikov) • 1970: West Germany (Lampe, Von Schilling, Meeuw, Fassnacht) • 1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Meeuw, Nocke) • 1977: Soviet Union (Raskatov, Rusin, Kopliakov, Krylov) • 1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chaev, Kopliakov) • 1983: West Germany (Fahrner, Schowtka, Schmidt, Groß) • 1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Groß, Schadt, Fahrner) • 1987: West Germany (Sitt, Henkel, Fahrner, Groß) • 1989: Italy (Trevisan, Gleria, Lamberti, Battistelli) • 1991: Soviet Union (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi) • 1993: Russia (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Mukin, Sadovyi) • 1995: Germany (Keller, Lampe, Spanneberg, Zesner) • 1997: Great Britain (Palmer, Clayton, Meadows, Salter) • 1999: Germany (Keller, Pohl, Conrad, Kiedel) • 2000: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cercato, Brembilla) • 2002: Italy (Pelliciari, Brembilla, Cappellazzo, Rosolino) • 2004: Italy (Brembilla, Pelliciari, Rosolino, Magnini) • 2006: Italy (Rosolino, Berbotto, Cassio, Magnini) • 2008: Italy (Brembilla, Rosolino, Cassio, Magnini) • 2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Perunin, Sukhorukov)
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- German swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Germany
- Medley swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- People from Essen
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- German swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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