Kegel may refer to:

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Kegel exercise Kegel exercise, also known as pelvic-floor exercise, involves repeatedly contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor, now sometimes colloquially referred to as the "Kegel muscles". The exercise can be performed many ti ...

, a pelvic floor exercise *

Kegel (bowling) Nine-pin bowling (also known as ninepin bowling, nine-pin, kegel, or kegeln) is a bowling game played primarily in Europe. European championships are held each year. In Europe overall, there are some 130,000 players. Nine-pin bowling lanes are mo ...

, a traditional German version of nine-pin bowling

People with the surname

Arnold Kegel Arnold Henry Kegel (February 21, 1894 – March 1, 1972) was an American gynecologist who invented the Kegel perineometer (an instrument for measuring the strength of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles) and Kegel exercises (sq ...

(1894–1972), American gynecologist * Charles Kegel (1924–1981), interim President of Idaho State University, US *

Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel (1874–1948), from 1924 to 1933 director of the mining operations at Tsumeb mine, Namibia. He was German until his naturalisation in South West Africa. After his resignation he lived in Switzerland. He visited the Tsumeb mi ...

(?–1948), Namibian mine director *

Herbert Kegel Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920 – 20 November 1990) was a German conductor. Kegel was born in Dresden. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began c ...

(1920–1990), German conductor *

Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (October 3, 1784 - June 25, 1863) was a German agronomist and explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula. He died in Odessa in 1863. Biography Kegel was born in Rammelburg (now part of the town Mansfeld) and studied in Copen ...

(1784–1863), German agronomist and explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula

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People with the surname

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