Kira Horn
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kira Leonie Horn | ||
| Born |
12 February 1995 Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Club an der Alster | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Germany U–21 | 55 | |
| 2019– | Germany | 36 | (2) |
Medal record | |||
Kira Leonie Horn (born 12 February 1995)[1] is a German field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder.[2]
Career
[edit]Club hockey
[edit]In the German Bundesliga, Horn plays club hockey for Club an der Alster.[3][4]
National teams
[edit]Under–21
[edit]Kira Horn represented the Germany U–21 side on numerous occasions throughout her junior career. Her most notable performance with the team was at the 2016 FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.[5] During the tournament Horn scored two goals, helping the German team to a fifth-place finish.[6]
Die Danas
[edit]In 2019, Horn made her debut for the German national team during the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League. The team eventually won a bronze medal at the Grand Final in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Horn's first in German colours.[7] Horn represented the team again in August at the EuroHockey Nations Championship in Antwerp, Belgium. At the tournament, Germany finished in second place, winning Horn a silver medal.[8]
In December 2019, Horn was named in the preliminary German Olympic squad to train for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Germany". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ a b "DANAS: Reckingers erweiterter Olympiakader steht". web.hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "1. Damen Hockey". dcada.de (in German). Club an der Alster. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Horn Kira". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "HORN Kira". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Women's Hockey Junior World Cup 2016". teamusa.org. USA Field Hockey. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "HORN Kira". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "BRILLIANT ORANJE PERFORMANCE EARN TENTH WOMEN'S EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE". belfiuseurohockey.com. Belfius EuroHockey. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Kira Horn at the International Hockey Federation
- Kira Horn at the European Hockey Federation
- Kira Horn at Olympics.com
- Kira Horn at Olympedia
- Kira Horn at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Female field hockey midfielders
- German female field hockey players
- Der Club an der Alster players
- Feldhockey Bundesliga (Women's field hockey) players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Germany
- Field hockey players from Hamburg
- 21st-century German sportswomen