Kira Horn Explained

Kira Horn
Fullname:Kira Leonie Horn
Birth Date:1995 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Hamburg, Germany
Height:1.64 m
Weight:53 kg
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Club an der Alster
Nationalyears1:2012–2016
Nationalteam1:Germany U–21
Nationalcaps1:55
Nationalyears2:2019–
Nationalteam2:Germany
Nationalcaps2:36
Nationalgoals2:2

Kira Leonie Horn (born 12 February 1995)[1] is a German field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder.[2]

Career

Club hockey

In the German Bundesliga, Horn plays club hockey for Club an der Alster.[3] [4]

National teams

Under–21

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team Details – Germany . . tms.fih.ch . 31 December 2019.
  2. Web site: DANAS: Reckingers erweiterter Olympiakader steht . . web.hockey.de . German . 31 December 2019 . 1 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211001200950/https://web.hockey.de/natio/natio_Damen/news/v5xurz.html . dead .
  3. Web site: 1. Damen Hockey . . dcada.de . German . 31 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Horn Kira . . eurohockey.altiusrt.com . 31 December 2019.
  5. Web site: HORN Kira . . tms.fih.ch . 31 December 2019.
  6. Web site: Women's Hockey Junior World Cup 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818180515/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Field-Hockey/EVENTS/2016/November/23/Womens-Hockey-Junior-World-Cup . dead . August 18, 2016 . . teamusa.org . 31 December 2019.
  7. Web site: HORN Kira . . fihproleague.com . 31 December 2019.
  8. Web site: BRILLIANT ORANJE PERFORMANCE EARN TENTH WOMEN'S EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE . . belfiuseurohockey.com . 31 December 2019.