Kira Homeyer (born 1998https://gymmedia.com/rhoenrad/events10/SDJM10-L8-res.pdf retrieved 23.07.2026) is a 14-time world champion in wheel gymnastics and has been an athlete on the German national team since 2012. In total, she has participated in 5 World Championships, winning 15 medals. She has also earned numerous titles at the German National Championships.
Life As the daughter of two wheel gymnasts, Jürgen Bientzle (brother of Wolfgang Bientzle) and national coach Katja Homeyer, the lives of Kira Homeyer and her siblings Marvin Homeyer and Finia Homeyerhttps://www.dtb.de/fileadmin/user_upload/dtb.de/Sportarten/Rh%C3%B6nradturnen/PDFs/2022_Wettkampfdokumente/Cyr/221114_CyrContest_Startreihenfolgen.pdf retrieved 23.07.2026 were shaped by wheel gymnastics from early childhood. From then on, she competed in events and appeared internationally in shows, parades, and other events with her mother Katja Homeyer as a member of Rhönradteam Taunusstein.http://rhoenrad.de/unsere-shows/ retrieved 23.07.2026
At age 15, she became a member of the German national junior team and successfully competed in her first World Championships in Chicago in 2013, winning titles in the all-aroundhttps://gymmedia.com/rhoenrad/WCh13-Chikago/results/JWCh13-girls-AA.pdf retrieved 23.07.2026 and vaulthttps://gymmedia.com/rhoenrad/WCh13-Chikago/results/JWCh13-girls-FIN.pdf retrieved 23.07.2026. Two years later at the next World Championships in Lignano, Homeyer won all disciplines, becoming junior world champion in all-around, vault, straight line, and spiral.https://www.gymmedia.de/rhoenrad/WCh15-Lignano/WCh15-jun-wom-aa.pdf retrieved 23.07.2026
In the same year at age 17, Homeyer decided to leave the junior division early to compete in the senior division (19+). By winning the all-around at the 54th German National Championships, she secured a spot on the German senior national team. At the 2016 World Championships in Cincinnati at age 18, Homeyer won the world title in straight line and silver in the all-around. Additionally, she competed for the German team and won the gold medal in the team World Championship.https://www.rhoenrad.jp/wp-content/uploads/WC2016.pdf retrieved 23.07.2026
At the 2018 World Championships in Magglingen, Homeyer was the most successful participant. She won gold in the all-around, straight line, and team event. She also secured silver in vault and bronze in spiral.
At the 2024 Word Championships in Magglingen she won gold in the all-around and straight-line.
Career achievements 2024
World Champion – All-Around World Champion – Straight Line Bronze Medal – Spiral
2023
World Champion – Team
2021
1st Place – IRV Team Trophy Senior Women
2019
1st Place – Team World Cup
2018
World Champion – All-Around World Champion – Straight Line Silver Medal – Vault Bronze Medal – Spiral World Champion – Team
2017
Silver Medal – Team World Cup
2016
World Champion – Straight Line Silver Medal – All-Around World Champion – Team
2015
Junior World Champion – All-Around Junior World Champion – Spiral Junior World Champion – Straight Line Junior World Champion – Vault
2013
Junior World Champion – All-Around Junior World Champion – Vault
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