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Florian Kehrmann

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Florian Kehrmann
Kehrmann in 2024
Personal information
Full name Florian Stefan Kehrmann
Born (1977-06-26) 26 June 1977 (age 47)
Neuss, West Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club TBV Lemgo (manager)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1994–1995
 TUSEM Essen
1995–1999
 Sportring Solingen
1999–2014
 TBV Lemgo
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2009
 Germany 223 (820)
Teams managed
2014–
 TBV Lemgo
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Portugal Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Slovenia Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Sweden Team

Florian Stefan Kehrmann (born 26 June 1977) is a former German handball player and current coach for TBV Lemgo.

Playing career

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Kehrmann during a game, 2007

Kehrmann has played for TUSEM Essen from 1994 until 1995 and for Sportring Solingen from 1995 until 1999. Since 1999, he has been part of TBV Lemgo, where he won the National Cup of Germany in 2002, the National Championship of Germany in 2003 and the EHF Cup in 2006. In 2014, he became the coach. He is considered part of the Lemgo 'golden generation' together with Daniel Stephan, Christian Schwarzer, Volker Zerbe and Stefan Kretzschmar, who won the European Championship together.[1] In May 2014 he ended his plying career with 460 Bundesliga games and 1846 goals.[2] He was the German handball player of the year in 2003, 2005 and 2006.[3]

National team

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Kehrmann was a member of the German national handball team. He has won the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. For the latter he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.[4]

He competed at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics.[5]

Coaching career

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From the 2011-12 while still playing he became a part of the Lemgo youth team setup.[6] From the 2013-14 season he coached the „Lemgo Youngsters“ in the 3. Liga.[7] On December 12th, 2014 he became the head coach at TBV Lemgo, replacing Niels Pfannenschmidt.[8] When he took over the team was in second-to-last place, but he managed to avoid relegation in his first season. In the 2019-20 season, he won the DHB-Pokal with the team.[9]

Personal life

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He married his wife Diana Wöstenfeld, who was also a handball player, in 2006. His first son Len Farell was born on 25 March 2007.[citation needed]

Titles

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As player

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As Coach

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References

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  1. ^ "Die zehn besten deutschen Handballer der Geschichte" [The 10 best German handballers in history] (in German). TZ.de. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Florian Kehrmann macht Schluss" (in German). RP.online. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Deutschlands Handballer des Jahres seit 2000" (in German). Kicker.de. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Handball–WM: Merkel lädt Handball-Weltmeister ins Kanzleramt" (in German). Focus. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Florian Kehrmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Handballer Kehrmann: „Rauf und runter mit dem Krückstock"" (in German). Der Spiegel. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Neuer Trainer beim TBV" (in German). spox.com. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. ^ "TBV Lemgo bestätigt Freistellung von Pfannenschmidt - Kehrmann wird Nachfolger" (in German). handball-world.news. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Die Defensive um Finn Zecher als Schlüssel zum Erfolg: TBV Lemgo Lippe holt DHB-Pokal 2020" (in German). handball-world.news. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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