Heike Fischer (born 7 September 1982 in

Demmin Demmin () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Demmin. Geography Demmin lies on the West Pomeranian plain at the confluence of the rivers ...

) is a German diver. She and Ditte Kotzian won bronze for Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard. She and Kotzian had previously won a silver medal for

diving at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships The diving competition at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at thre ...

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

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

, and is a sports soldier in the

Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

. She is studying business studies at the AKAD-Fachhochschule Leipzig. Her trainer is Margit Fischer.

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1982 births Living people People from Demmin German female divers Olympic divers for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 21st-century German women {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub