Elke Karsten

{{short description|Argentine handball player}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Elke Karsten

| fullname = Elke Josselinne Karsten

| image = Elke Karsten (cropped).jpeg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|5|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Quilmes, Argentina

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Left back

| currentclub = free

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2013–2016

| clubs1 = AACF Quilmes

| years2 = 2016–2017

| clubs2 = CBF Málaga Costa del Sol

| years3 = 2017–2019

| clubs3 = BM Bera Bera

| years4 = 2019–2021

| clubs4 = Debreceni VSC

| years5 = 2021–2022

| clubs5 = Molde Elite

| years6 = 08-12/2022

| clubs6 = Bourg-de-Péage DHB

| years7 = 01/2023–

| clubs7 = BM Bera Bera

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 88

| nationalgoals1 = 235

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Toronto|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Santiago|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Argentina|}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Cuba|}}

{{MedalCompetition|South and Central American Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Brazil|}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Paraguay|}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Argentina|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Argentina|}}

}}

Elke Josselinne Karsten (born 15 May 1995) is an Argentine handball player for Molde Elite and the Argentina women's national handball team.[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/566172 EHF profile]{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

She defended Argentina at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/ARG.pdf |title=XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Argentina |publisher=IHF |access-date=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207234937/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/ARG.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2013 }}