Florian Kehrmann | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Florian Stefan Kehrmann | ||
Born | Neuss, West Germany | 26 June 1977||
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 |
Florian Stefan Kehrmann (born 26 June 1977) is a former German handball player and current coach for TBV Lemgo.
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]
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]
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]
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.