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Kira Walkenhorst

1990 - Today

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Kira Katharina Walkenhorst (born 18 November 1990) is a German retired beach volleyball player who played as a blocker. 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. Walkenhorst won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro together and at the 2017 World Championships with her teammate Laura Ludwig. She also won bronze medals at the 2013 and 2014 European Beach Volleyball Championships and gold medals at the 2015 and 2016 Beach ECH alongside her teammate Laura Ludwig. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kira Walkenhorst is the 5,547th most popular athlete (down from 5,330th in 2019), the 7,085th most popular biography from Germany (down from 6,996th in 2019) and the 504th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kira Walkenhorst ranks 5,547 out of 6,025Before her are Michael Carruth, Vera Sokolova, Kang Min-ho, Pang Qianyu, Jamaladdin Magomedov, and Dola Banerjee. After her are Shira Rishony, Serguey Torres, Aleksander Lesun, Jin Ziwei, Alexey Volkov, and Dániel Varga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Kira Walkenhorst ranks 1,195Before her are Fabian Giefer, Michal Jordán, Laura Vargas Koch, Kevin Lafrance, Sarah Dumont, and Lily Loveless. After her are Elliot Knight, Jeong Dong-ho, Marina Hegering, Kaspars Dubra, Şener Özbayraklı, and Taylour Paige.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kira Walkenhorst ranks 7,088 out of 7,253Before her are Sara Doorsoun (1991), Dominic Maroh (1987), Laura Vargas Koch (1990), Benjamin Hübner (1989), Miloš Pantović (1996), and Chris Geere (1981). After her are Christian Früchtl (2000), Marina Hegering (1990), Leonie Maier (1992), Lennart Thy (1992), Vinzenz Geiger (1997), and Kurt Kuschela (1988).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Kira Walkenhorst ranks 504Before her are Oliver Zeidler (1996), Daniel Böhm (1986), Eric Johannesen (1988), Alexander Megos (1993), Ricarda Funk (1992), and Rebekka Haase (1993). After her are Kurt Kuschela (1988), Igor Wandtke (1990), Philipp Zeller (1983), Stephanie Schiller (1986), Benjamin Weß (1985), and Maximilian Müller (1987).