Carsten Eich (born 9 January 1970) is a retired (East) German runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and the marathons.
He is an eight-time German champion and national record holder in the half marathon.
[6] He also won the 10,000 metres ahead of Stephan Freigang and Steffen Dittmann.
[12] Eich holds the German record in the half marathon; also in 10 kilometres road running with 27:47 minutes, achieved in April 1993 in Paderborn.
Educated as a pharmacist, he later worked in sports and health management, from 2012 as coach of Sabrina Mockenhaupt.