Kohlhoff / Stuhlemmer

Paul Kohlhoff was born June 26, 1995, in Bremen, largely raised in Kiel. He originally played youth football for Holstein Kiel, switching to sailing after a pitch injury, and joined a 29er group at Kiel Yacht Club as a teenager. In 2014 he moved into the new Nacra 17 with a different crew, representing Germany at Rio 2016 (13th). A serious brain hemorrhage in 2017 forced a long recovery, after which he reformed his Nacra 17 partnership with Alica Stuhlemmer, representing Germany at both Tokyo 2020 (bronze) and Paris 2024. In 2025 the two ended their partnership after eight years. Both are Bundeswehr-supported military athletes.

Alica Stuhlemmer was born August 24, 1999, in Kiel, sailing out of Kieler Yacht-Club. She partnered Paul Kohlhoff in the Nacra 17 from 2017, following his recovery from a serious health setback. At the Tokyo 2020 Games (held 2021) the pair won bronze, making Stuhlemmer, at 22, the youngest sailing medalist across all disciplines at those Games. She competes as a military athlete (Bundeswehr chief petty officer). The pair returned for Paris 2024, then in 2025 announced they were parting ways competitively.