Kirk Raymond Shimmins (born 1 June 1994) is an Irish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club

KHC Dragons Koninklijke Hockey Club Dragons, also known as KHC Dragons or simply Dragons, is a Belgian professional field hockey club based in Brasschaat, Antwerp Province. The club was founded in 1946. Since the end of the eighties the club competes in Belgiu ...

and the Irish national team. He competed for the Ireland men's national field hockey team at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He played at the youth levels of Pembroke Wanderers and has played club hockey in Ireland until 2018 when he transferred to

in the

Men's Belgian Hockey League The Men's Belgian Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association. The league was established in 1919 as the Division 1. Between the 2006–07 and the 2015–16 seasons it was known as the Honor Division. S ...

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Kirk Shimmins at Hockey Ireland
* * 1994 births Living people Irish male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players for Ireland Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players KHC Dragons players Pembroke Wanderers Hockey Club players Irish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Ireland international men's field hockey players People educated at Wesley College, Dublin Men's Belgian Hockey League players Men's Irish Hockey League players {{Ireland-fieldhockey-bio-stub