Karel Hartmann (6 July 1885 – c. 16 October 1944) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the Olympic games in 1920.

Hartmann was born in Trhové Dušníky[2] into a Czech Jewish family, to parents Max and Emilie, nee Hammerschlag.

[3] In 1922 he succeeded Paul Loicq as vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

[4] In 1923 he was appointed the President of the Czechoslovak Hockey Association On 23 July 1942, two weeks after his 57th birthday, he was transported from Prague to the Terezín Ghetto.

[3] From there on 16 October 1944, Hartmann, his wife and their two sons were transported to Auschwitz concentration camp, where Karel and Edita were most likely murdered upon arrival.