Name Kira Walkenhorst | Height 1.84 m | |
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World series of beach volleyball kira walkenhorst laura ludwig
Kira Katarina Walkenhorst (born 18 November 1990 in Essen) is a German beach volleyball player.She has an older brother Alexander Walkenhorst who is a professional beach volleyball player and a younger sister Pia Walkenhorst who also plays beach volleyball.
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- World series of beach volleyball kira walkenhorst laura ludwig
- Unser Beach Girl zurck in Hamburg Kira Walkenhorst Gold Kuss fr ihre Freundin
- Rio de Janeiro 2016
- World tour 2016
- 2017 Season
- Private life
- References
Kira won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro together with her teammate Laura Ludwig. She also won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Beach Volleyball Championships, a silver medal at the 2014 Beach ECH and 2 golden medals at the 2015 and 2016 Beach ECH alongside her teammate Laura Ludwig.
Unser Beach-Girl zurück in Hamburg - Kira Walkenhorst: Gold-Kuss für ihre Freundin
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Kira Walkenhorst participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio together with her teammate Laura Ludwig. They won the Gold medal in the final match against the Brazilian duo Ágatha Bednarczuk and Bárbara Seixas in straight sets of 21-18 21-14 following their victory against the Brazilian duo Larissa França and Talita Antunes in the semi-finals.
World tour 2016
Kira competed in the World Tour Finals in Toronto. With teammate Laura they finished 3rd (Last) in Pool-B with 2 losses In the quarter final match against Ross and Walsh they won in 3 sets of (21-18, 19-21, 15-11), advancing to the semi final against Larissa and Talita of Brazil.
Winning against Brazil in straight sets of (21-19, 21-19) the pair advance to the gold medal match. Another GOLD medal for the Olympic winners in straight sets of (21-18, 21-16) against the Swiss pair of Zumkehr and Heidrich
2017 Season
Kira opened the 2017 season at Fort Lauderdale Major with temporary partner Julia Großner while her regular partner Laura Ludwig recovered from a shoulder injury. They won two out of their three pool play matches to make it through to the Final 24. Here they lost 0:2 to Meppelink / Van Gestel (NED) so finished the tournament in 17th position.
Private life
Walkenhorst outed herself as a lesbian sportswoman.