Career
Youth
Enrico Kölling started boxing at the age of 8. One of early steps of him was when he had got the gold medal at German Junior National Championships at the age of 17, in Altentreptow in 2007, as he defeated Alexander Onozke and Dominik Bösel at middle weight division. Following year, 2008, Kölling competed at I. Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, in which a total of 359 fighters from 68 different countries competed in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Senior
In May 2011, Kölling secured his spot in German National team to take a side at 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan between 16 September 2011 to 1 October, following his victory against his compatriot Tyron Zeuge at Round Robin Team Tournament in Germany.
Kölling have entered into the World Championship as the Number.4 seeded athlete at 81 kg. division, passed through bye in first round. At the 2012 Olympics (results) he beat Christian Donfack Adjoufack from Cameroon then lost to Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla 9-12.
Highlights
Kölling is interested in football and supports Hertha Berlin.