Carsten Köhrbrück
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Carsten Köhrbrück is a retired German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 hurdler
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

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He won the bronze medal at the 1985 European Junior Championships. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay
1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia.-Final:-See also:* 1988 Men's Olympic 4x400m Relay * 1991 Men's World Championships 4x400m Relay...

 at the 1990 European Championships
1990 European Championships in Athletics
The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, a city in Croatia .It was the last participation of East Germany ....

, with teammates Klaus Just
Klaus Just
Klaus Just is a retired West German sprinter.His personal best time was 45.52 seconds, achieved in August 1985 in Stuttgart.Just represented the sports club SV Salamander Kornwestheim.-Achievements:...

, Edgar Itt
Edgar Itt
Edgar Itt was a West German athlete who competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Norbert Dobeleit, Jörg Vaihinger and Ralf Lübke. He finished in eight position in the final of the...

 and Norbert Dobeleit
Norbert Dobeleit
Norbert Dobeleit is a German television personality and retired athlete. During his active career he represented West Germany and specialized in the 200 and 400 metres....

. He also finished sixth in the hurdles event
1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 400 metre hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. The final was held on 29 August 1990.-Final:-Semifinals:-See also:* 1988 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles...

. He later competed at the 1991 World Championships
1991 World Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...

 and the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 without reaching the final.

His personal best time was 48.89 seconds, achieved in August 1990 in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

. This ranks him seventh on the German all-time list, behind Harald Schmid
Harald Schmid
Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century...

, Olaf Hense
Olaf Hense
Olaf Hense is a retired German hurdler.He competed at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Summer Olympics without reaching the final...

, Edgar Itt
Edgar Itt
Edgar Itt was a West German athlete who competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Norbert Dobeleit, Jörg Vaihinger and Ralf Lübke. He finished in eight position in the final of the...

, Uwe Ackermann
Uwe Ackermann
Uwe Ackermann is a retired East German hurdler.He won the bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships with 48.64 seconds.His personal best time was 48.50 seconds, achieved in July 1982 in Karl-Marx-Stadt...

, Thomas Goller
Thomas Goller
Thomas Goller is a German hurdler.He won a bronze medal in a 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships and two gold medals in the events of 400 metres hurdles and relay at the 1999 edition....

 and Volker Beck
Volker Beck (athlete)
Volker Beck is a former East German athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics....

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Köhrbrück represented the sports clubs OSC Berlin and LAC Halensee Berlin. He became German champion in 1990.
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