Kira Walkenhorst
German beach volleyball player
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- Kira Katharina Walkenhorst (born 18 November 1990) is a German retired beach volleyball player who played as a blocker.
- 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 retired from competition at the start of 2019 due to persistent injuries.
- Professional career 2016: Rio de Janeiro Kira Walkenhorst participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio together with her teammate Laura Ludwig.
- 2016: World Tour Walkenhorst competed in the World Tour Finals in Toronto.
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.
She retired from competition at the start of 2019 due to persistent injuries.
In 2020, Walkenhorst made her comeback on the national tour and participated in the German championships.
Professional career
2016: Rio de Janeiro
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.
2016: World Tour
Walkenhorst 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
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