Carsten Köhrbrück (born 19 November 1967) is a retired

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. Köhrbrück was born in

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. He won the bronze medal at the 1985 European Junior Championships. He won a silver medal in the

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at the 1990 European Championships, with teammates Klaus Just,

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and Norbert Dobeleit. He also finished sixth in the hurdles event. He later competed at the 1991 World Championships and the

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without reaching the final. His personal best time was 48.89 seconds, achieved in August 1990 in

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. This ranks him seventh on the German all-time list, behind

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Olaf Hense Olaf Hense (born 19 November 1967, in Dortmund) is a retired German hurdler. He competed at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1993 Wor ...

, Uwe Ackermann,

Thomas Goller Thomas Goller (born 28 October 1977 in Dohna, Bezirk Dresden) is a retired German hurdler. He was banned from competing for two years for doping. Biography He won a bronze medal in a 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Champ ...

and Volker Beck.Top 10 lists in German athletics
- Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verband Köhrbrück represented the sports clubs

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and LAC Halensee Berlin. He became German champion in 1990.

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* 1967 births Living people German male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany German athletics coaches Athletes from Dortmund European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade West German Athletics Championships winners 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-hurdles-bio-stub