Background
The son of a Korean woman and an African-American serviceman, he was sent to the United States to be adopted rather than suffer the prejudice of being a mixed race child in an Asian country.
The son of a Korean woman and an African-American serviceman, he was sent to the United States to be adopted rather than suffer the prejudice of being a mixed race child in an Asian country.
Fischer continued to the University of Wisconsin, where he achieved All American status. Teams with Fischer as a member placed third in the national championships two years in a row. He made the annual top ten ranking in the United States twice, in 7th place both times.
Seventh is also the place he achieved in the 2000 Olympic Trials.
Later in 2000, he represented the United States at the 2000 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics, returning with a silver medal.
At 1.75 m (5 ft 83⁄4 in), his 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) clearance in the high jump, in 2000, ranks tied for 14th greatest high jump differential. He discovered his ability to jump dunking a basketball in 8th grade. He also finished second at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships and eventually jumping 7" 4" at the Santa Barbara Easter Relays, which was the 2nd best (behind Maurice Crumby in 1983) for a Californian ever, eighth best nationwide.
Fischer was inducted into the Mountain.
SAC Relays high school Hall of Fame in 2006. Next he worked as an assistant coach at California State University, Northridge and then at the University of Oklahoma.
He also works with the United States Olympic Training Center.