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Born | (1992-02-08) February 8, 1992 (age 32) Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Keller (born February 8, 1992) is a Bolivian racquetball player. Keller was on the Bolivian Men's Team that won back to back gold medals at the Pan American Games in 2019. And 2023. Their first gold medal at the "2019 games in Lima," Peru was Bolivia's first racquetball gold medal at the Pan Am Games, and they successfully defended that gold at the 2023 Games in Santiago, Chile. He was also part of the Bolivian men's team that won gold at the 2022 Pan American Racquetball Championships, which was Keller's third gold medal at Pan Am Championships to go with his two Men's Singles titles, won in 2018 and 2019.
Junior years (2006β2011)β»
Keller represented Bolivia at the International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in each of the last six years of eligibility. At the 2006 World Junior Championships in Tempe, "Arizona," Keller lost in the U14 Singles quarterfinals to Taylor Knoth of the USA. In the U14 Doubles, Keller and "Carlos Tapia lost to Mexicans Alejandro Cardona and Pedro Gonzalez in the semi-finals."
At the 2007 World Junior Championships in Cochabamba, "Bolivia," Keller was runner-up in the U14 Singles to the USA's Marco Rojas, losing the final, 6β15, 15β8, 11β2. He won the U14 Doubles with Jorge Luis Michel defeating Canadians Kevin Caouette and Samuel Murray in the final. The pair would play doubles together at the next four World Junior Championships.
In 2008, Keller lost in the semi-finals of the U16 Singles at the World Junior Championships in Tempe, Arizona, as he was beaten by Bradley Kirch of the US, 15β1, 15β6. Then in the U16 Doubles, he and Michel lost in the quarterfinals to Canadians Pedro Castro and Jamie Slamko, 15β13, 11β15, 11β10.
In 2009, Keller won both the U16 Singles and Doubles at the World Juniors. In singles, he defeated Marco Rojas of the US in the final, 4β15, 15β13, 11β2. In doubles, he and Michel beat the USA's Joshua Hungerford and Nick Montalbano in the final, 15β12, 15β12.
At the 2010 World Junior Championships, Keller played the U18 and lost in the quarterfinals of the singles division to Mexico's Jaime Martell. In doubles, Keller and Michel lost in the final to Bradley Kirch and Nick Montalbano of the US, 15β7, 15β4.
2011 was Keller's last year of juniors. And he won the U18 Singles at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, by beating Daniel de la Rosa of Mexico in the final, 15β9, 15β5, after defeating the De La Rosa's team-mate Jaime Martell, 15β11, 15β6, in the semi-finals, and Jose Diaz of the US in the quarterfinals, 10β15, 15β11, 11β9. He and Michel were runners-up in the U18 Doubles, as they lost to the US's Joshua Hungerford and Nick Montalbano in the final, 15β9, 11β15, 11β4.
Keller won four IRF World Junior titles over six years: two in Boys' Singles (U16 in 2009 & U18 in 2011) and two in Boys' Doubles (U14 in 2007 & U16 in 2009).
Playing for Bolivia 2009β2019β»
Keller first played for the Bolivian national team at the 2009 Bolivarian Games in Sucre, Bolivia, when he was 17. There he reached the final with wins over Colombians Juan Herrera in the quarterfinals, 15β13, 15β7, and Francisco Gomez, 15β2, 15β3, in the semi-finals, but lost to team-mate Ricardo Monroy, 15β11, 15β8.
At the 2010 Pan American Racquetball Championships, he lost in the Round of 16 to Costa Rica's Ivan Villegas, 15β11, 15β3, in Men's Singles but reached the podium with Ricardo Monroy in Men's Doubles, as they beat Argentines David Maggi and Shai Manzuri, 15β8, 5β15, 11β5, but then lost to Mexicans Ruben Estrada and Alejandro Landa, 15β14, 15β7.
In 2010, Keller went to the IRF World Championships for the first time, which was held in Seoul. He played doubles with Ricardo Monroy, losing to Fernando Rios and Jose Daniel Alvarez of Ecuador in the Round of 16, 10β15, 15β10, 11β9. In the Men's Team event, Bolivia defeated Venezuela in the quarterfinals, and lost in the semis to the US, and finished in third place.
Keller played at the 2011 Pan American Racquetball Championships in Managua, Nicaragua, reaching the quarterfinals in Men's Singles, where he lost to Daniel de la Rosa of Mexico, 15β2, 15β8. He also played in Men's Doubles with Fernando Paccieri, and they lost in the Round of 16 to Ecuadorians Fernando Rios and Jose Daniel Ugalde, 15β10, 15β14.
Keller played at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he lost in the quarterfinals of Men's Singles to the USA's Rocky Carson, 15β11, 15β0. He also played in the Men's Team event, in which Bolivia lost in the quarterfinals to the US.
At the 2012 Pan American Championships in Temuco, Chile, Keller lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Mike Green, 15β11, 15β11.
At the 2012 World Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Keller beat Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador, 15β7, 13β15, 11β1, in the Round of 32, and the beat Canadian Tim Landeryou, 15β13, 15β4, in the Round of 16. But he lost to Mexican Polo Gutierrez in the quarterfinals, 15β8, 15β10. In the Men's Team event, Bolivia came fourth after losing in the semi-finals to the United States and then dropping the third-place match to Mexico.
Keller won the Men's Open at the 2012 US Open. He beat Marco Rojas in the final, 15β4, 15β12, after defeating Alejandro Herrera, 15β14, 15β8, in the semi-finals, Jose Diaz in the quarterfinals, 13β15, 15β14, 11β8, and David Horn in the Round of 16, 9β15, 15β10, 11β6.
Keller was a bronze medalist at the 2013 Pan American Championships, as he reached the semi-finals with a forfeit win over Daniel Maggi of Argentina in the quarterfinals. He lost to Mexican Polo Gutierrez in the semis, 15β3, 15β12.
Keller's first gold medal came at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru, where he won the Men's Singles. He defeated Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador in the semi-finals, 15β7, 15β12, and beat Ugalde's team-mate Fernando Rios in the final, 15β7, 15β2. But in the Men's Team event, Ecuador came out on top, beating Bolivia in the final, 2β1.
Keller reached the podium for the first time at Worlds in Burlington, Ontario in 2014, when he beat Canadian Tim Landeryou in the quarterfinals, 15β6, 15β12, to put him into a semi-final showdown with fellow Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso, which Moscoso won, 15β11, 11β15, 11β3.
Keller was a bronze medalist at the 2015 Pan American Championships. He defeated Costa Rican Felipe Camacho in the Round of 16, 15β10, 14β15, 11β7, and Mexican Γlvaro BeltrΓ‘n in the quarterfinals, 15β12, 15β11, but lost to the US's Jake Bredenbeck, 15β13, 15β13, in the semi-finals.
Keller played in his second Pan American Games in 2015, when the games were held in Toronto, where he spoiled Canadian Mike Green's hope for a medal on home soil, by beating Green in the Round of 16, 11β15, 15β6, 11β0. But Keller didn't reach the podium either, as he lost in the quarterfinals to fellow Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso, 15β3, 15β5. But Keller did get a medal in the Men's Team event, as Bolivia defeated Colombia in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semi-finals to Mexico.
In 2016, Keller played Men's Doubles at Worlds with Kadim Carrasco, and they beat Canadians Mike Green and Tim Landeryou, 6β15, 15β2, 11β8, in the quarterfinals, which put them in the semi-finals against the US's Jake Bredenbeck and Jose Diaz, losing 15β14, 8β15, 11β8.
In the group stage of the 2017 Pan American Championships, Keller lost to Andres AcuΓ±a of Costa Rica, 15β8, 15β6. The loss put him on the same side of the draw as team-mate Conrrado Moscoso for the medal round. They met in the Round of 16 with Keller coming out on top, 9β15, 15β10, 11β6. But the win didn't carry over to the next round, as Keller lost to the US's Charlie Pratt, 15β4, 9β15, 11β5.
For the second time, Keller was a double medalist at the Bolivarian Games. In 2017 in Santa Marta, Colombia, he got bronze in Men's Singles, when he lost to Sebastian Franco in the semi-finals, 15β14, 11β15, 11β4. But Keller and his teammates won gold in the Men's Team event, defeating Ecuador in the final.
Keller won Men's Singles at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Temuco, Chile, where he beat David Horn of the US in the final, 15β12, 5β15, 11β7. En route to the final, Keller defeated Edwin Galicia of Guatemala, 15β7, 7β15, 11β5, in the Round of 16, Cuban Maikel Mollet, 15β7, 15β7, in the quarterfinals, and Mexican Rodrigo Montoya, 15β6, 2β15, 11β4, in the semi-finals. He's the second Bolivian to be Pan American Champion in Men's Singles (after Ricardo Monroy).
Keller won two medals at the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was a bronze medalist in Men's Singles after losing to Colombia Mario Mercado in the semi-finals, 15β8, 15β14, but defeated Mercado, 15β10, 10β15, 11β8, in the Men's Team final to help Bolivia defeat Colombia and capture the gold medal.
He successfully defended his Pan American Championship title in Men's Singles at the 2019 Pan American Racquetball Championships in Barranquilla, Colombia, where Keller defeated the USA's Charlie Pratt in the final, 15β2, 8β15, 11β5. He reached the final by beating Canadian Coby Iwaasa in the Round of 16, 15β10, 15β9, David Horn of the US, 15β10, 15β12, in the quarterfinals, and Mexico's Γlvaro BeltrΓ‘n in the semi-finals, 15β13, 15β8. Keller's the first Bolivian to win the Pan American Men's Singles title twice.
At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Keller was part of the Bolivian Men's Team that won gold in the Men's Team event, which was Bolivia's first racquetball gold medal at the Pan Am Games, and Bolivia's only gold medal at that year's Pan Am Games. They defeated the US in the semi-finals, 2β1, helped by Keller's win over Jake Bredebeck. In the final, Bolivia defeated Colombia, 2β1; Keller lost his match against Mario Mercado, but his teammates won their matches to win gold.
Keller also played Men's Singles in Lima, but he lost in the Round of 16 to Canadian Samuel Murray, 13β15, 15β14, 11β3.
Playing on the IRT β 2019βpresentβ»
Keller only played once a season on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) until 2019. Those few appearances were at the US Open, where his best result was reaching the Round of 32, which Keller did three times.
In the 2019β20 season, he played 9 of the 10 events and finished 19th in the rankings having never made it past the Round of 16. Keller's breakthrough came in the 2021 season, as he made the semi-finals in Denver, the quarterfinals in Illinois, and the final of the 2021 US Open.
In Denver, Keller beat Samuel Murray, 15β6, 15β4, in the Round of 16, Mario Mercado in the quarterfinals, 15β13, 14β15, 11β6, before losing to fellow countryman Conrrado Moscoso in the semi-finals, 15β10, 15β14. Then in Illinois, Keller beat Γlvaro BeltrΓ‘n in the Round of 16, 15β8, 15β5, but then lost to Murray in the quarters, 15β8, 15β5. He also played doubles with Kadim Carrasco in Illinois, and lost to Andree Parrilla and Eduardo Portillo, 15β3, 15β5, in the quarterfinals.
At the 2021 US Open in Minneapolis, Keller beat Moscoso in the Round of 16, 15β13, 15β5, and Murray in the quarterfinals, 15β11, 15β12, which put him into the semi-finals against Kane Waselenchuk, the 15 time US Open champion. Shockingly, Waselenchuk withdrew from the tournament prior to the semi-final with Keller, so Keller reached his 1st US Open IRT final. He's the second Bolivian to be in a US Open final after Conrrado Moscoso.
He faced Daniel de la Rosa in the final, and after losing the first game, he won game two to force a tie-breaker, which was the first time an IRT US Open final went to a breaker in its 25-year history. Unfortunately for Keller, De La Rosa won the breaker, to claim his first US Open title. He played doubles in Minneapolis with Kadim Carrasco, and they lost in the quarterfinals to Sudsy Monchik and Waselenchuk, 15β13, 15β11.
Keller won gold in the Men's Team event at the 2022 Pan American Racquetball Championships, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and in the final defeated Mexican Elias Nieto, 11β6, 11β5, 11β6, to help Bolivia defeat Mexico. He played Men's Singles and Men's Doubles in Santa Cruz. He lost to Costa Rican Andres AcuΓ±a, 15β11, 15β6, 15β12, in the quarterfinals of singles, and with Kadim Carrasco, lost in the quarters of Men's Doubles to Juan Francisco Cueva and Jose Daniel Ugalde, 15β13, 15β14, 15β14.
Career summaryβ»
Playing for Bolivia, Keller has won several medals, highlighted by his two Pan American Racquetball Championships titles in Men's Singles, and two gold in the Men's Team events: one at the 2019 Pan American Games and one at the 2022 Pan Am Championships
Personal lifeβ»
Keller's older brother, Roland, is also an elite racquetball player, and has represented Bolivia internationally.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Bolivian racquetball players
- Racquetball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Racquetball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Racquetball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Racquetball players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Bolivia
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Bolivia
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Bolivia
- Pan American Games medalists in racquetball
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Bolivia
- South American Games bronze medalists for Bolivia
- South American Games medalists in racquetball
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Bolivia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in racquetball
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Bolivia
- Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Bolivia