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Khalid Mahmood
Khalid Mahmood (Hussain Khalid Mahmood), Pakistani field hockey right winger, 1941-2026; Olympic silver 1964 and gold 1968, captain of the 1970 Asian Games and 1971 World Cup winning Pakistan teams.
Kho kho (खो खो)
Kho kho (खो खो) is a traditional Indian tag-and-chase team sport, related to kabaddi; teams of twelve (nine playing) chase and tag defenders in 9-minute turns on a 27×16 m court, governed nationally since 1966 and in Asia since 1987.
Kho Kho World Cup
Kho Kho World Cup, kho kho world championship (khokho). Inaugural edition 13–19 January 2025 at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi; 39 teams from 23 countries; India won both men's and women's titles, beating Nepal in both finals.
Khurshid Aslam
Khurshid Aslam (1936-1993), Pakistani field hockey player, 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist; not to be confused with Khurshid Azam, 1964 silver medalist.
Ki o rahi
Ki o rahi (kī-o-rahi) is a traditional Māori team ball game on a circular field, where kioma touch pou and taniwha hit the central tupu; revived pre-colonial sport with ~50,000 NZ players.
Kiley Neushul
Kiley Neushul, American water polo attacker born 1993 in Goleta, California; 2016 Olympic gold medalist, three-time world champion, three-time NCAA champion at Stanford, two-time Cutino Award winner, USA Water Polo Hall of Fame class of 2024.
Kim Lammers
Kim Lammers, Dutch field hockey forward (born 1981, Amsterdam), Laren MHC; 200 caps and 124 goals for the Netherlands; Olympic gold London 2012; World Cup winner 2006 and 2014; retired from internationals in 2014, from playing in 2016; later CIRCULR. business developer.
Kim St Pierre
Kim St-Pierre (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey goaltender from Châteauguay, Quebec; three straight Olympic golds (2002, 2006, 2010), five world titles, and first female goaltender in the Hockey Hall of Fame (2020).
Kirill Dolzhenkov
Kirill Dolzhenkov (Кирилл Долженков), Russian winger born 2004 in Moscow, plays for Avangard Omsk in the KHL after CSKA; Columbus Blue Jackets 2022 fourth-round pick (109th overall), 198 cm, 101 kg, left shot.
Kirill Kaprizov (Кирилл Олегович Капризов)
Kirill Kaprizov (Кирилл Капризов), Russian NHL left wing for the Minnesota Wild; 2021 Calder winner, 2018 Olympic gold medalist, Wild's all-time leading goal scorer, and holder of the record eight-year, $136 million contract.
Kirk Muller
Kirk Muller (Captain Kirk), born 1966, Kingston, Ontario, is a Canadian former NHL winger, drafted 2nd overall in 1984 by New Jersey, who scored the 1993 Stanley Cup-clinching goal for Montreal and later coached Carolina, Montreal, St. Louis, Calgary, and Washington.
Kitty van Male
Kitty van Male (born 1988, Amstelveen) is a Dutch field hockey forward; 116 caps, 39 goals; Olympic gold 2012 and silver 2016; European champion 2017; 2018 World Cup winner and top scorer with 8 goals.
KK Clark
KK Clark, full name Caroline Archer Clark, is an American water polo player who won gold with the United States at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Klaus Michler
Klaus Michler (born 1970, Stuttgart) is a German field hockey player, Olympic gold medallist with the re-unified Germany at Barcelona 1992 (2-1 over Australia), European champion 1991 and 1995, 162 caps for Crefelder HTC.
Koen Bijen
Koen Bijen (born 1998, Leiden) is a Dutch field hockey striker for HC Den Bosch and Oranje, Olympic gold medalist at Paris 2024, European champion 2023, with 111 caps, 44 goals and 26 assists, a former football youth player at Excelsior.
Kölner Haie
Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks), KEC "Die Haie" e.V., Cologne ice hockey club founded August 1972 from Kölner EK; DEL founding member, eight German titles (1977–2002), European record attendance 18,112 at LANXESS arena in 2025/26.
Komomo Ito
Komomo Ito (伊藤 小桃), Japanese ice hockey forward born 2005 in Hokkaido, plays for Toyota Cygnus; won girls' ice hockey gold at Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympics and later competed at U18 Worlds and Torino 2025 FISU Games.
Konnie Johannesson
Konnie Johannesson (Konrad Jonasson Johannesson, 1896-1968), Canadian defenceman with the Winnipeg Falcons, won the first Olympic ice hockey gold at Antwerp 1920 and later won a landmark Supreme Court of Canada aeronautics case.
Konstantin Loktev
Konstantin Borisovich Loktev (Константин Борисович Локтев), Soviet ice hockey right wing for CSKA Moscow; Olympic gold 1964, three World titles 1964-66, later CSKA and USSR coach, IIHF Hall of Fame 2007.
Kontinental Hockey League (Континентальная хоккейная лига)
Kontinental Hockey League (Континентальная хоккейная лига, KHL), Russian-based professional ice hockey league founded 2008 from the Russian Superleague; awards the Gagarin Cup, spans Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Latvia, Finland, and is regarded as the top league outside the NHL.
Kris Knoblauch
Kris Knoblauch, Canadian hockey coach from Imperial, Saskatchewan; 18th head coach of the Edmonton Oilers (Nov 12, 2023 to May 14, 2026), back-to-back Stanley Cup Final losses to Florida, 16-game win streak, formerly Hartford Wolf Pack and Erie Otters coach.
Kris Letang
Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman drafted 62nd overall in 2005 from Val-d'Or; three-time Stanley Cup winner, franchise defenseman records leader, two-time stroke survivor, 2023 Masterton Trophy recipient.
Kristen Campbell
Kristen Campbell (born 1997, Brandon, Manitoba) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, 2022 Beijing Olympic gold medalist as Canada's third goalie, 2019 NCAA champion with Wisconsin, PWHL Toronto's top goaltender of 2024, now with Vancouver Goldeneyes.
Kulbir Bhaura
Kulbir Singh Bhaura, Indian-born British field hockey forward (born 1955, Jalandhar); 84 England and 61 Great Britain caps; Olympic bronze 1984 Los Angeles and gold 1988 Seoul; later hockey equipment businessman.
Kunwar Digvijay Singh
Kunwar Digvijay Singh, K.D. Singh 'Babu' (1922-1978), Indian field hockey inside right; Olympic gold 1948 as vice-captain and 1952 as captain, bronze-winning coach 1972, Helms Trophy 1953, Padma Shri 1958.
Kurt Krumpholz
Kurt Krumpholz, American freestyle swimmer and UCLA water polo All-American; set the 400m freestyle world record (4:00.11) at the 1972 US Olympic Trials yet missed the Munich team; won 1973 Belgrade world championship medals including a 4x200m relay gold.
Kyle Beach
Kyle Beach, former Blackhawks first-round pick (11th overall, 2008) who never played an NHL game, revealed himself in 2021 as John Doe in the Brad Aldrich sexual assault case; the Blackhawks settled in December 2021.
Kyle Connor
Kyle Connor, born 1996 in Michigan, is an American NHL left wing for the Winnipeg Jets (drafted 17th overall in 2015), Lady Byng Trophy winner in 2022, and 2026 Olympic gold medalist with Team USA.
Kyle Dubas
Kyle Dubas is a Canadian ice hockey executive who served as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2018 to 2023 and leads the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Kyoka Tsutsumi
Kyoka Tsutsumi (堤 京香), Japanese women's ice hockey defender born 2004 in Aichi, plays for Daishin; won girls' hockey gold at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympics and captained Japan to 2025 Universiade bronze.