HORN Stefanie

Date of Birth: 9 Jan 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: BOTTROP

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : ITALY

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Slalom	Women's Kayak	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Women's Kayak Heats 1st Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Women's Kayak Heats 2nd Run	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Women's Kayak Semi-final	Finished
	Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre	Women's Kayak Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8

World Championships

Year	Location	K1	CSLX	C2 X	K1 Team
2019	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP	7	-	-	9
2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6	18	-	-
2017	Pau, FRA	23	-	2	-
2015	London, GBR	30	-	-	-
2014	McHenry, MD, USA	32	-	-	-
2013	Prague, CZE	27	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	K1	K1 Team
2021	Ivrea, ITA	23	-
2020	Prague, CZE	12	-
2019	Pau, FRA	8	DNS
2018	Prague, CZE	17	10
2017	Tacen, SLO	2	-

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Kayak	-	1 x 27th, 1 x 32nd
2019	Kayak	5th	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 10th
2018	Kayak	16th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 14th
2018	CSLX	30th	1 x 18th
2017	Kayak	6th	1 x 5th, 2 x 8th, 1 x 13th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2019	Kayak	Tacen, SLO
3	2019	Kayak	Markkleeberg, GER
3	2018	Kayak	Krakow, POL
5	2017	Kayak	Prague, CZE
6	2018	Kayak	Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK
8	2017	Kayak	Ivrea, ITA
8	2017	Kayak	Markkleeberg, GER
10	2019	Kayak	Lee Valley, GBR
13	2017	Kayak	La Seu d'Urgell, ESP
14	2018	Kayak	Augsburg, GER

Legend
IP - In Progress, C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Steffi (oasport.it, 28 Nov 2019)

Mountain biking, skiing. (oasport.it, 28 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Serves in the Navy

Nutrition, Science - University of Milan, Italy

Husband Riccardo De Gennaro

Languages spoken:

German, Italian

Marina Militare [Italy]

Omar Raiba [club, national]

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Riccardo De Gennaro has competed in canoe slalom World Cup events for Italy. Her sister Jacqueline Horn has represented Germany and won silver in K1 at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Solkan, Slovenia. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Sep 2015; corriere.it, 13 Aug 2015; federcanoa.it, 06 Jul 2014)

Health problems caused her to miss out on qualification for the German team for the 2012 Olympic Games. (augsburger-allgemeine.de, 31 Oct 2012)

She took up the sport in 1996. (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2014)

"I love being in nature. [It is] a sport where you have to combine balance and strength." (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2014)

General Interest

General
FROM GERMANY TO ITALY
Having not been selected to represented Germany at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she decided to switch to compete for Italy after marrying Italian slalom paddler Riccardo De Gennaro in 2013. She gained full Italian citizenship in 2015. (ilsecoloxix.it, 13 Jul 2013; augsburger-allgemeine.de, 31 Oct 2012; oasport.it, 28 Nov 2019)

Milestones

She became the first Italian female slalom paddler to win a medal at the U23 world championships when she won silver in the K1 event at the 2017 edition in Bratislava, Slovakia. (SportsDeskOnline, 25 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StefanieHornOfficial/
https://instagram.com/steffi.horn/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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