Career
He started his senior career at Frisch Auf Göppingen in 2002 before moving to TBV Lemgo in 2007 and to Herpes simplex virus Hamburg in 2010. After winning the EHF Champions League with Hamburg he returned to play for his hometown club Kraus is a German international since 2005 and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where his team placed 9th.
Kraus has a twin sister named Alena.