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 2017 season Walkenhorst 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. At the
world championships in Vienna, Ludwig / Walkenhorst won the gold medal after beating
Lauren Fendrick and
April Ross in the final. ==Personal life==