{{Short description|German basketball player (born 1997)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Niklas Kiel | number = 41 | image = Niklas Kiel.jpg | image_size = 140px | position = Forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 222 | league = Basketball Bundesliga | team = Fraport Skyliners | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Herford, Germany | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | career_start = 2012 | career_end = | highlights = | years1 = 2014–2020 | team1 = Skyliners Frankfurt | years2 = 2014–2017 | team2 = →Skyliners Juniors }}
'''Niklas Kiel''' (born 4 September 1997) is a German former professional basketball player for the Skyliners Frankfurt of the German League Basketball Bundesliga.<ref>[http://www.fraport-skyliners.de/news/artikel/datum////fraport-skyliners-verpflichten-toptalent-niklas-kiel/ FRAPORT SKYLINERS verpflichten Toptalent Niklas Kiel], fraport-skyliners.de, 21 May 2015. Accessed 22 Nov 2016. {{in lang|de}}</ref> He retired in September 2020 at the age of 22. Because of three concussions, Kiel was unable to continue his professional career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fraport-skyliners.de/news-service/details/niklas-kiel-beendet-sportlerkarriere/|title = Niklas Kiel beendet Sportlerkarriere}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Niklas-Kiel/Summary/41623 Real GM profile] *[http://www.basketball-bund.de/spieler/niklas-kiel-2 German Basketball Federation profile] *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Niklas-Kiel/Germany/Fraport-Skyliners-Frankfurt/237182 Eurobasket.com profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiel, Niklas}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:German men's basketball players Category:Forwards (basketball) Category:Skyliners Frankfurt players Category:Sportspeople from Herford Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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