Pohlmann has competed at four Paralympics winning at least one medal at each games. He first competed in Atlanta in the 1996 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the discus, javelin and shot put in the F56 class winning the silver medal in the javelin. Four years later in Sydney at the 2000 Summer Paralympics he again competed in the three throwing events, this time in the F57 category, and won another silver medal in the javelin. In the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Athens he competed in the F57 category in the shot put and won a bronze medal in the javelin and a gold in the discus. In his fourth games in Beijing he won two bronze medals in the F57/58 discus and javelin having not competed in the shot put.
