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Kenya Women's National Rugby Sevens Team
Kenya women's national rugby sevens team plays in several tournaments including the African Women's Sevens Championship, Dubai Invitational Sevens and the Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Kenya's captain Aberdeen Shikoyi died on 29 May 2012 after an injury she sustained in a match against Uganda. Kenya qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens. In 2019, despite coming second at the 2019 Africa Women's Sevens, Africa Women's Sevens, they qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo Olympics because South Africa declined their regional spot. Tournament history Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Team Previous squads * Philadelphia Olando (c) * Sheila Kavugwe Chajira, Sheila Chajira * Celestine Navalayo Masinde, Celestine Masinde * Janet Awuor Awino, Janet Awino * Janet Musindalo Okelo, Janet Okello * Doreen Remour Nziwa, Doreen Remour * Rachael Adhiambo Mbogo, Rachel Mbogo * Stacy Awour Otieno, Stacy Awuor * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens At The 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's Tournament
The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was the first time that women's teams had participated in this event. The venue for the competition was Robina Stadium. Background Pool stage Wales qualified on 9 July 2017 after placing fifth at the 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series. The pools were confirmed on 2 February 2018, scheduling was announced on 23 February 2018. Participating Nations Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for the Women’s Rugby sevens competition: Pool stage In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group. The top two teams in each pool advance to the semi-finals and the remaining teams advance to the lower classification matches (for places 5 to 8). Pool A Pool B Knockout stage Lower classification round Medal round References {{DEFAULTSORT:Commonwealth Games Women's tournament A woman is an adult female huma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Brazil, hosted at the Deodoro Stadium, a temporary outdoor stadium constructed as part of the Deodoro Modern Pentathlon Park in Rio de Janeiro. The tournament was held from 6 August to 8 August 2016, starting with group matches before finishing with the medal ceremony on 8 August. Australia beat New Zealand 24–17 in the final. Canada secured the bronze medal with a win over Great Britain. Qualification With Brazil being the hosts, their team automatically qualified despite their sevens team not regularly appearing in the top 6 on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the initial stage of qualification, where the top 4 teams at the end of the series gaining qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games. Between June and September 2015, each of the six regional rugby unions held an Olympic qualification event, where one team from each region qualified, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linet Arasa
Linet Arasa (born January 1, 1996) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She competed 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 ... for the Kenyan women's national sevens team. References External links * * Linet Moraa Arashaat ShujaaPride.com 1996 births Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players Kenya international women's rugby sevens players {{Kenya-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy Awour Otieno
Stacy Awour Otieno (born September 27, 1990) is a Kenyan female rugby sevens player. She competed for the Kenya women's national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Otieno was also part of the Kenyan sevens team that made their debut in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup held ... at the 2016 France Women's Sevens. References External links * 1990 births Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players Kenya international women's rugby sevens players {{Kenya-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Adhiambo Mbogo
Rachael Adhiambo Mbogo (born December 20, 1982) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She competed for the Kenyan women's national rugby sevens 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 .... She also was in Kenya's squad for the 2016 France Women's Sevens. References External links Player Profile* 1982 births Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players Kenya international women's rugby sevens players {{Kenya-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Remour Nziwa
Doreen Remour Nziwa (born July 4, 1982) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She represented Kenya's women's national rugby sevens 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 .... She was in the Kenyan women's sevens squad that played at the 2016 France Women's Sevens. References External links * Player Profile Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players 1982 births Living people Kenya international women's rugby sevens players {{Kenya-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Musindalo Okelo
Janet Musindalo Okelo (born May 5, 1992) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She was a member of the Kenyan women's national rugby sevens team for 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 .... References External links * Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players 1992 births Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Kenya international women's rugby sevens players {{Kenya-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Awuor Awino
Janet Awuor Owino (also spelled Owino; born August 8, 1985) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She has been selected as a member of the Kenya women's national rugby sevens team to 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 .... She was in Kenya's sevens team for the 2016 France Women's Sevens. References External links * * 1985 births Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players Kenya international women's rugby sevens players {{Kenya-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestine Navalayo Masinde
Celestine Navalayo Masinde (born January 12, 1987) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's rugby sevens competition for the Kenya women's national rugby sevens team. She scored Kenya's first ever Olympic try in their match against France. Masinde was in the squad that featured at the 2016 France Women's Sevens The 2016 France Sevens was the fifth tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 28–29 May 2016 at Stade Gabriel Montpied in Clermont-Ferrand, France. 1987 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Kavugwe Chajira
Sheila Kavugwe Chajira (born December 20, 1993) is a female Kenyan rugby sevens player. She competed 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 ... as a member of the Kenyan women's national rugby sevens team. She played at the 2016 France Women's Sevens. References External links * * Sheila Chajiraat ShujaaPride.com 1993 births Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Kenya international women's rugby sevens players {{Kenya-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Africa Women's Sevens
The 2018 Africa Women's Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Gaborone, Botswana on 26–27 May 2018. Kenya as the highest ranked team qualified for the 2018 Dubai Women's Sevens and 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Uganda also qualified for 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Teams South Africa was initially scheduled to compete, but pulled out to prepare for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. * * * * * * * * * * Pool stage All times in Central Africa Time ( UTC+02:00) Pool A ---- Pool B ---- Pool C ---- Knockout stage Placement Match Fifth Place Cup Standings See also * 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens References {{DEFAULTSORT:Africa 2018 2018 rugby sevens competitions 2018 in African rugby union rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
