Uwe Sauer

Basketball player Uwe Sauer represented West Germany at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, finishing eighth. In total, he won 42 international caps. Domestically, he played with SSC Karlsruhe (1971-78), EK Karlsruhe-Berghausen (1978-81), USC Heidelberg (1981-84), BSC Saturn Köln (1986-88), Steiner Bayreuth (1988-89), Brandt Hagen (1989-92) and SSV Ulm 1846 (1992-97). From 1984-86 he played with Santa Clara University in the United States.

Sauer later studied sports and became a basketball coach with several stints in the 1. and 2. Bundesliga in Germany. He also became known as a sculptor, mainly using wooden materials for his figures and statues.