Ludwig Kotzebue

Ludwig Kotzebue
Kotzebue (left) in 1977
Personal information
Born1946 (age 7879)
Suriname
Sport
SportKarate
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
1975 Long BeachKumite team
1977 TokyoKumite team
1980 MadridKumite team
European Championships
1977 ParisKumite open
World Games
1981 Santa ClaraKumite +80 kg

Ludwig Kotzebue (born 1946) is a retired Dutch-Surinamese heavyweight karateka. He won individual gold medals at the 1977 European Championships and 1981 World Games, and a team gold at the 1977 World Championships, together with Otti Roethof and John Reeberg.

After retiring from competitions and until 2011 Kotzebue worked as a karate teacher in Amsterdam. In the mid-1990s, for two and half years he was the head coach of the Dutch karate team.