Michael "Mimi" Kraus (born 28 September 1983) is a former German handballer.

He started his senior career at Frisch Auf Göppingen in 2002 before moving to TBV Lemgo in 2007 and to HSV Hamburg in 2010.

After winning the EHF Champions League with Hamburg he returned to play for his hometown club.

[2] He has since retired and opened a gym with his wife, German YouTuber Isabel "Bella" Kraus, who he married in 2014 and with whom he has four children, two girls and two boys.

Kraus is a German international since 2005 and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where his team placed 9th.