Klaus Michler was a German field hockey goalkeeper who participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when the re-unified German team won the final against Australia 2-1. Therefore, the team and all players were awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. In 1996, at Atlanta, the team again played Australia, but finished fourth after losing the bronze medal match 3-2.
In 1991 and 1995, Michler won the European Championships, and in 1994 won the Indoor Europeans. He also won the bronze medal at the 1998 Worlds. In total, he won 162 international caps (including 5 indoor) between 1985-98. Domestically, he played with Crefelder HTC. After an earlier position as an orthopaedic surgeon at the St. Bernhard Hospital in Kamp-Lintfort, the graduated physician with a doctorate became a resident orthopaedic specialist in a joint practice in Moers.
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