Karsten Kohlhaas

Backcourt handball player Karsten Kohlhaas came seventh with the German team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He won 97 international caps and scored 184 goals. He participated in the 1993 and 1999 World Championships, and the 1996 Europeans.

Domestically, Kohlhaas played with OSC Dortmund in his youth, then TuSEM Essen (until 1994), TSV Bayer Dormagen (1994-96), VfL Gummersbach (1996-98), HSG Nordhorn (1998-2002), and HSG Schwerte (2002).

Kohlhass studied medicine and became a graduated neurologist. He became chief doctor at the Institute for Neurology and Psychiatrics at St. Elisabeth-Hospital in Neviges.