{{Short description|German-American basketball player (1992–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Dennis Kramer | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1992|01|10}} | birth_place = Cologne, Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|08|27|1992|01|10}} | death_place = Barterode, Germany | nationality = German / American | height_m = 2.09 | weight_kg = 110 | high_school = La Costa Canyon<br>(Carlsbad, California) | college = San Diego (2010–2014) | draft_year = 2014 | career_start = 2014 | career_end = 2023 | career_position = Power forward, center | years1 = 2014 | team1 = Baunach Young Pikes | years2 = 2014–2015 | team2 = TBB Trier | years3 = 2015–2017 | team3 = Baskets Oldenburg | years4 = 2017–2021 | team4 = BG Göttingen | years5 = 2022–2023 | team5 = ASC 1846 Göttingen }}
'''Dennis Arvid Kramer''' (10 January 1992 – 27 August 2023) was a German-American professional basketball player. After studying in the United States, Kramer began a professional career in his native country. He played 188 games in the Basketball Bundesliga.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 August 2023|title=Dennis Kramer|url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/spieler/fba5f4b4-3ddc-43b4-95c5-53a87d18fcef|website=Basketball-Bundesliga}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
With the German junior national team, Kramer reached fifth place at the 2011 U20 European Championships. He was also a German A2 international.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|access-date=28 August 2023|date=9 July 2015|title=A2-Herren ungeschlagen ins Viertelfinale|url=https://www.basketball-bund.de/a2-herren-ungeschlagen-ins-viertelfinale/|website=Deutscher Basketball-Bund}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== Life and career == Dennis Arvid Kramer was the son of Arvid Kramer, who was a long-time player and later club manager for Telekom Baskets Bonn in Germany before returning to the United States in 2004. Dennis Kramer graduated from La Costa Canyon High School in Encinitas, California and went on to study at the nearby University of San Diego, where he played for the varsity team ''Toreros'' in the West Coast Conference (WCC) of the NCAA.
During Kramer's time in San Diego, the WCC championships were held between the ''Gaels'' of the St. Mary's College of California and the ''Bulldogs'' of Gonzaga University, in whose ranks among others the German youth international Elias Harris was played. The ''Toreros'' remained without major success and also missed participation in a national NCAA postseason tournament. At the end of his studies, Kramer ranked fifth on the ''Toreros''<nowiki/>' all-time list in blocked shots.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 January 2015|archive-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119015618/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usd/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/AlltimeMBBRecords.pdf|format=PDF (164 kB)|department=Bestenlisten nach Kategorien|language=en|publisher=University of San Diego|title=ALL-TIME USD MEN’S BASKETBALL VARSITY RECORDS|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usd/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/AlltimeMBBRecords.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> With the German U18 national team, he participated in the U18 European Championships in 2010. One year latet, he achieved a fifth place with the German junior national team at the U20 European Championships in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 January 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923183115/http://www.basketball-bund.de/news/teams/jugend/u20-herren/u20-herren-siegen-abschluss-ihrer-sensationellen-em-13463|date=24 July 2011|department=Medien-Info und Spielbericht|publisher=Deutscher Basketball Bund|title=U20-Herren siegen zum Abschluß ihrer sensationellen EM|url=http://www.basketball-bund.de/news/teams/jugend/u20-herren/u20-herren-siegen-abschluss-ihrer-sensationellen-em-13463}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
After completing his studies in 2014, Kramer began a professional career and returned to his native country, where he signed a contract with Brose Bamberg.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 January 2015|archive-date=20 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720001219/http://www.brosebaskets.de/saison/news/artikel/brown-und-kramer-fuer-die-brose-baskets|date=17 July 2014|department=Medien-Info|publisher=Brose Baskets|title=Brose Baskets gewinnen Rennen um Carlon Brown und verpflichten Dennis Kramer|url=http://www.brosebaskets.de/saison/news/artikel/brown-und-kramer-fuer-die-brose-baskets/}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> He played with a double license in particular for the Bamberg " farm team " Bike-Café Messingschlager from Baunach in the second-tier division ProA.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 January 2015|department=Spielerprofil|publisher=2. Basketball-Bundesliga|title=Spieler: Dennis Kramer|url=http://www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de/teams/kader/spieler/1857/}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In early November 2014, he transferred to first division rivals TBB Trier.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=7 August 2020|date=4 November 2014|title=Dennis Kramer wechselt von Bamberg nach Trier|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/basketball-dennis-kramer-wechselt-von-bamberg-nach-trier-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-141104-99-03616|website=Süddeutsche Zeitung}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> He completed 25 Bundesliga games for Trier. In 2015 he took part in the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju<ref name=":1"/> with the German A2 national team and won the silver medal at the event.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 August 2023|date=14 July 2015|title=Basketballer verlieren gegen USA|url=https://www.nwzonline.de/baskets/basketballer-verlieren-gegen-usa_a_30,0,570790458.html|website=Nordwest-Zeitung}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Kramer accepted an offer from another Bundesliga club, EWE Baskets Oldenburg for the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 August 2016|title=Basketball: EWE Baskets verpflichten Dennis Kramer|url=http://www.nwzonline.de/baskets/ewe-baskets-verpflichten-dennis-kramer_a_29,0,2287265196.html|website=Nordwest-Zeitung}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
In June 2017, Kramer moved from Oldenburg to Lower Saxony Bundesliga rivals BG Göttingen,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=8 April 2022|date=14 June 2017|title=Veilchen verpflichten Kramer|url=https://www.bggoettingen.de/veilchen-verpflichten-kramer/|website=BG Göttingen}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> for whom he played until 2021.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=8 April 2022|author=Robert Koch|date=3 August 2021|title=Mehrere Spieler verlassen die BG Göttingen|url=https://www.harzkurier.de/sport/lokalsport/article232954175/Mehrere-Spieler-verlassen-die-BG-Goettingen.html|website=Harzkurier}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In 2022 he became a member of the regional league team ASC 46 Göttingen.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 November 2022|date=15 November 2022|title=Von der Bundesliga in die Regionalliga: Ex-BG-Riese Kramer jetzt für ASC Göttingen|url=https://www.hna.de/sport/bg-goettingen/von-der-bundesliga-in-die-regionalliga-ex-bg-riese-kramer-jetzt-fuer-asc-goettingen-91918575.html|website=Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
Kramer died in a car accident near Barterode, at the age of 31.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|access-date=29 August 2023|date=28 August 2023|title=Ex-Bundesliga-Profi tot: WM-Star reagiert|url=https://www.sport1.de/news/basketball/bbl/2023/08/trauer-um-fruheren-bbl-profi-kramer|website=sport1.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=29 August 2023|date=28 August 2023|title=Ehemaliger Basketball-Profi Kramer stirbt bei Autounfall|url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2023-08/28/ehemaliger-basketball-profi-kramer-stirbt-bei-autounfall?utm_r|website=Zeit online}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== See also == * List of basketball players who died during their careers
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== External links == * {{BBL profile|number=47282|UUID=fba5f4b4-3ddc-43b4-95c5-53a87d18fcef}} * {{FIBA|new_id=181998}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150119031224/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/pid/84704/_//players.html archive]) * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120204350/http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/player/san-diego/dennis-kramer |title=Dennis Kramer – college season statistics at statsheet.com |date=20 January 2015}} * [http://www.usdtoreros.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/dennis_kramer_662008.html Dennis Kramer at the University of San Diego] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729072929/http://www.usdtoreros.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/dennis_kramer_662008.html |date=29 July 2018 }}
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