50,115 articles
Kirk Hinrich
Kirk Hinrich, born 1981, Sioux City, Iowa, is a retired NBA guard, 7th pick of the 2003 draft, who played 13 seasons for the Bulls, Hawks, and Wizards, made the 2007 All-Defensive second team, and set Chicago's three-point record.
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.
Kirk Palmer
Kirk Palmer, Australian freestyle swimmer (born 1986, Central Coast NSW), 4x200 m relay specialist; Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze, 2008 Manchester short-course world champion, 2007 short-course world record 6:52.66.
Kirk Pfeffer
Kirk Pfeffer (born 1956) is an American distance runner from San Diego; junior marathon world best 2:16:03, half marathon world best 62:32 (1979), runner-up at the 1979 New York City Marathon, and 1994 San Diego Marathon winner.
Kirsten Barnes
Kirsten Barnes (Jennifer-Kirsten Barnes), Canadian rower born 1968 in London, England; double 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist in women's coxless fours and eights, 1991 world champion, later a sport psychologist.
Kirsten Siemon
Kirsten Siemon, later Kirsten Emmelmann (born 1961, Warnemünde), East German 400 m sprinter; 1987 world 4x400 m relay champion, 1988 Olympic relay bronze medallist, 1982 and 1986 European relay champion, personal best 50.07.
Kirsten van der Kolk
Kirsten van der Kolk (born 1975, Haarlem) is a Dutch rower who with Marit van Eupen won lightweight women's double sculls gold at Beijing 2008, the first Olympic rowing gold for a Dutch woman, after bronze in 2004.
Kirsten Wenzel
Kirsten Wenzel (later Strohbach), born 1961 in Leipzig, is an East German rowing coxswain who won Olympic gold in the women's coxed four at Moscow 1980 in 3:19.27, plus 1978 world gold and five other world medals.
Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Coventry (born 1983, Harare) is a Zimbabwean swimmer with seven Olympic medals including back-to-back 200 m backstroke golds, and since June 2025 the 10th, first female and first African IOC president.
Kirti Azad
Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad (born 1959, Purnea, Bihar), Indian all-rounder, 7 Tests and 25 ODIs, 1983 World Cup winner who dismissed Ian Botham in the semi-final; later BJP then Trinamool Congress MP from Bardhaman-Durgapur.
Kiseki (キセキ) (horse)
Kiseki (キセキ), Japanese racehorse foaled 2014 by Rulership out of Blitz Finale; won the 2017 Kikuka Sho (G1) and was second in four other G1 races including two Takarazuka Kinens; retired to stud in 2022. Distinct from Fuji Kiseki and Kinshasa no Kiseki.
Kisenosato Yutaka
Kisenosato Yutaka (稀勢の里 豊), born Yutaka Hagiwara in 1986, is a retired Japanese sumo wrestler, the 72nd yokozuna (2017-2019), first Japan-born grand champion since Wakanohana, now Nishonoseki stablemaster who trained yokozuna Onosato.
Kishan Lal
Kishan Lal (किशन लाल, 1917–1980) was an Indian field hockey player who captained India to Olympic gold in London in 1948, the first for independent India.
Kispest Honvéd FC
Kispest Honvéd FC, also Budapest Honvéd, Hungarian football club founded 1909 in Kispest; army club from 1949, home of Puskás's Golden Team, 14 Hungarian titles, 2023 relegation, renamed Kispest-Honvéd FC in 2026.
Kissenschlacht
Kissenschlacht (pillow fight) is a 2010 AMIGO dexterity children's game by Liesbeth Bos for 2-4 players aged 4+, about 15 minutes; players catapult pillows into a box-bed and place figures on bedposts, on the Kinderspiel des Jahres 2011 recommendation list.
Kit (association football)
Kit (association football): the regulated player outfit of shirt, shorts, socks, shinguards, and footwear under IFAB Law 4, with home/away/third colour sets, jewellery rules, and colour-visibility research.
Kit Wilson
Kit Wilson, English WWE wrestler (formerly Sam Stoker/Sammy Smooth), half of Pretty Deadly with Elton Prince; two-time NXT Tag Team and former NXT UK Tag Team Champion, now a solo SmackDown 'toxic' gimmick.
Kitana
Kitana, also known as Princess Kitana, is an Edenian princess and assassin in the Mortal Kombat fighting games, wielding steel fans since her 1993 debut.
Kitbashing
Kitbashing (model bashing) is building new scale models or 3D assets by combining parts from existing kits or libraries; used by ILM on Star Wars, in model railroading since at least 1972, and now standard in digital 3D workflows.
Kitchee SC
Kitchee SC, also known as Kitchee Sports Club, is a Hong Kong football club founded in 1931 and based at Mong Kok Stadium, with 11 league titles.
Kite
Kite: tethered wind-lifted craft, also called a kite aircraft or foil. Types include delta, diamond, box, parafoil, sled, stunt, and power kites; used from recreation to Wright brothers wing-warping tests and airborne wind energy.
Kite & Windsurfing
Kite & windsurfing: the two main wind-powered board sports, compared on wind minimums, learning curve, speed records and Olympic status, with signature spots like Tarifa and Cape Town, wind statistics tools, and safety regulation.
Kite Marine
Kite Marine is an IKO-certified kitesurfing school at the Jaz Aquamarine Resort in Hurghada, Egypt, distinct from Kite Optics marine binoculars; it offers shallow-water lessons, rentals, and Red Sea kite safaris, rated 4.85/5 on IKO.
Kite's Angels Beach
Kite's Angels Beach, an IKO-affiliated kitesurf school (Kite's Angels Beach SSD a R.L.) in Marina di Grosseto, Tuscany, near the WWF San Felice oasis; known for a 140-m buoyed kite lane, NW thermal winds of 14-20 knots, and hydrofoil and IKO instructor courses.
Kiteboarding
Kiteboarding, or kitesurfing, is a water sport where a rider on a board is pulled by a steerable kite. Key facts: Legaignoux inflatable leading edge (1984), injury rates 7.0-10.5 per 1000 h, Olympic sailing discipline.
Kiteboarding Asia
Kiteboarding Asia (KBA), Thai kite school network founded 2001 in Hua Hin, first kite school in Thailand; IKO-certified centers in Hua Hin, Phuket, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Pattaya; 10,000+ students, kitesurf, wingfoil, e-foil lessons, and gear rental.
Kiteboarding Club Tarifa
Kiteboarding Club Tarifa (KBC Tarifa) is an IKO-licensed kitesurf, surf, and SUP school in Tarifa, Spain, run by Franky and Anabel, based at Playa de Los Lances, using radio-helmet coaching and F-ONE gear.
Kitespot Farø
Kitespot Farø (Farø, Denmark): kitesurf and wingfoil spot on the Bogø causeway in the Storstrømmen strait between Zealand and Falster; shallow flat water, Venturi wind, beginner friendly, bird-protection limits June-August.
Kitesurf & Kanu Born
Kitesurf & Kanu Born (KITEN-LERNEN.DE, Surfschuppen Born) is a VDWS water sports center at Regenbogen-Camp on the Saaler Bodden, Born a. Darß, Germany, teaching kitesurfing, windsurfing, wingfoiling, and SUP since the late 1990s.
Kitesurf Center
Kitesurf Center is a sports venue at Cabo de la Vela, Uribia, La Guajira, Colombia (OSM node 4103106460, leisure=sports_centre, sport=surfing), near Cabo Kite Center and Playa de El Cabo.