Niklas Kiel

{{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 =

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| 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.[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}} He retired in September 2020 at the age of 22. Because of three concussions, Kiel was unable to continue his professional career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fraport-skyliners.de/news-service/details/niklas-kiel-beendet-sportlerkarriere/|title = Niklas Kiel beendet Sportlerkarriere}}