HAEFNER Kai

Date of Birth: 10 Jul 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.92/6'3''

Place of birth: SCHWABISCH GMUND

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : KASSEL

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men GER Germany	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #04 GER Germany 27 ESP Spain 28	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #08 ARG Argentina 25 GER Germany 33	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #18 FRA France 30 GER Germany 29	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #24 GER Germany 28 NOR Norway 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #29 GER Germany 29 BRA Brazil 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Quarterfinal #33 GER Germany 26 EGY Egypt 31	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2019
9	Men	2017	France
12	Men	2021	Egypt

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2020
9	Men	2018	Croatia

Occupation:

General Studies, Sport Management - Eberhard Karls University , Tubingen, GER

Wife Saskia, son Levi Hans

Languages spoken:

MT Melsungen [Germany] since 2019/20

Gudmundur Gudmundsson [club], ISL; Alfred Gislason [national], ISL

Position style:

Right back (hna.de, 25 Aug 2020)

Left (handball-world.news, 25 Sep 2020)

2010 for Germany Against Denmark, in Haugesund, Norway (dhb.de, 2016)

In March 2016 he broke the metacarpal bone in his left hand during a national team friendly match against Qatar. He underwent surgery and missed the remainder of the 2015/16 season [about seven weeks]. (haz.de, 10 May 2016; sport1.de, 15 Mar 2016; handball-planet.com, 15 Mar 2016)

National league:

Handball-Bundesliga [GER] (hna.de, 25 Aug 2020)

He began playing handball at age six for Schwabisch Gmund club in Germany. (haz.de, 10 May 2016)

"I like team sports. In handball you need good technique but also a good tactical understanding." (haz.de, 10 May 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportbuzzer.de, 14 Oct 2020)

Winning bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (sportbuzzer.de, 14 Oct 2020)

He was named Best Right Back of the 2019/20 Handball-Bundesliga season in Germany. (hna.de, 25 Aug 2020)

Legend

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

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