Erich Fischer

Erich Fischer (born March 12, 1966) is an American water polo player who competed for Stanford University. He participated in the men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Early life Fischer was born March 12, 1966, to Curt and Pat Fischer in Dinuba, California and attended and played water polo for Reedley High School in Reedley, California, about 18 miles Southeast of Fresno. Erich's parents worked as schoolteachers, with mother Pat teaching at Dinuba's Lincoln Elementary and father Curt teaching at the College of the Sequoias. Fischer was competing in swimming by the age of eight, and already capturing high point awards in AAU age-group swimming championships. he competed in both water polo and swimming where he excelled in the 200 IM and 100 butterfly. During his high school years, Fischer was a High School All-American, an All-League player, and a team Captain as an upperclassman. As an accomplished student holding a 3.75 grade point average through his Junior year, he was a member of the California Scholastic Federation. In the summer of 1983, he was voted to the Northern California Junior National All-Star team. As his age-group coach, Fischer credited Terry Giffen with much of his early water polo development. Accomplished coach Giffen coached water polo for Hoover and Clovis High Schools, and helped start the Clovis Water Polo Club with rival coach Steve Mosher.

Stanford University Erich Fischer played water polo for Stanford University under Hall of Fame Head Coach Dante Dettamanti where he earned All-American honors twice, and had a career total in goals scored of 197. He helped lead Stanford men's water polo to NCAA titles in both 1985 and 1986. Fischer majored in industrial engineering at Stanford.

International highlights After becoming a member of the U.S. National Team in 1989,