Career
He trained under Karel Fajfr and represented the TUS Stuttgart club nationally. During his career, he beat Norbert Schramm and Rudi Cerne on the national level He collapsed during a game of squash with friends on November 21, 1989.
He died of chronic myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) at the age of 29 in Sindelfingen hospital.
As a tribute to him, the Heiko Fischer Cup (also Heiko Fischer Pokal) has been held in Stuttgart since 1991.