Heike Fischer is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 diver

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

. She and Ditte Kotzian

Ditte Kotzian

Ditte Kotzian is a German diver. She and Heike Fischer won bronze for Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard. She had competed in the two previous Olympics without placing. She and Fischer had previously won a silver medal for Diving at the 2007 World...

 won bronze for Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard

Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard

Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics was held on 10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center....

. She and Kotzian had previously won a silver medal for diving at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

Diving at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

The diving competition at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships was held from March 19 to March 26.- Medals table :- Medal summary :...

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Fischer competed in the Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard.

She lives in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

, and is a sports soldier in the Bundeswehr

Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...

. She is studying business studies at the AKAD-Fachhochschule Leipzig.

Her trainer is Margit Fischer.