Stefanie Horn (born 9 January 1991 in

Bottrop Bottrop () is a city in west-central Germany, on the Rhine–Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located in the Ruhr area, Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck, and Dorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and ...

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) is a German-Italian slalom canoeist who competed for Germany from 2006 to 2012. She has represented Italy since 2013. She competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. Horn is an athlete of the

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Career

She won a silver medal in the Mixed C2 event at the

2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships was the 38th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 22 September to 1 October 2017 in Pau, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF) at t ...

in Pau together with Niccolò Ferrari. She also won four medals (1-2-1) at the

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, including a bronze in kayak cross at the

2023 European Games The 3rd European Games (), also known as the 2023 European Games or Kraków-Małopolska 2023, was an international multi-sport event held from 21 June to 2 July 2023 in Kraków and Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Małopolska, Poland. It was the first ...

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. Horn competed at two Olympic games. She finished 8th in the K1 event at the

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and 4th in the K1 event at the

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World Cup individual podiums

Personal life

Her older sister Jacqueline represented Germany in canoe slalom.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Horn, Stefanie 1991 births Living people Slalom canoeists German female canoeists Italian female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Italy Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Canoeists of Marina Militare Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bottrop Canoeists at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Italy European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Italian sportswomen 21st-century German sportswomen