Brackcides Agala Khadambi (born 14 May 1984) is a Kenyan female
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
player. She was captain of the
Kenya women's national volleyball team and she competed in
beach volleyball at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
Life
She was born in 1984. She has been given the nickname of "Blackie".
In 2007 she became better known after Japanese coach
Sadatoshi Sugawara
is a Japanese former volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a p ...
discovered her. Sugawara had seen her training and he was surprised to find that she was not in the provisional national squad for the World Cup. Sigawara had her training with the national squad the next day and she joined the surprised team to play at the
2007 FIVB World Cup in Japan. After the competition she was invited to stay in Japan where she gained three months of training with the Hitachi team.
[
During training not all the team bonded with her but ]Dorcas Ndasaba
Dorcas Nakhumicha Ndasaba (born 31 March 1971) is a former Kenyan volleyball player. She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team.
Life
She participated in the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, and in the 2002 FIVB ...
was very welcoming and she became her supporter as Khadambi built up her place within the team.[ Meanwhile she was in Turkey in 2009 where she played for the Pursaklav team.][ She participated in the ]2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the competition. Like the previous tournament, the 2010 edition also was held from 29 October to 14 November 2010 in Japan, though the range of venues and locations was modifie ...
.
From 2014 to 2016 she was playing in France for the Chamalieres team, whilst also serving as the captain of the National side. In 2015 she was the captain as the team refused to play in Canberra after several victories. The players were annoyed that they had not been paid money that had been promised by the KVF. The boycott was successful and the team played and won against Peru.[ The KVF were not pleased and when the team's were announced for the 2016 Summer Olympics neither Khadambi or her assistant ]Janet Wanja
Janet Wanja (born 24 February 1984 in Nairobi) is a volleyball player from Kenya, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Ken ...
were asked to the qualifying matches.[
She played with Kenya Prisons. In 2019 she led Kenya Prisons to win the Kenyan Nation League at the Kasarani Indoor Arena and she became Kenya's "Most Valuable Player".]Paul Bitok
Paul Bitok (born 26 June 1970 in Kilibwoni, Nandi) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who won two silver medals at consecutive Summer Olympics (1992, 1996) over 5000 metres.
Life
Bitok emerged in 1992 as a relatively unknown athlete. He qualif ...
's Olympic team included the veterans Mercy Moim
Mercy Moim (born ) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She played with the Kenya national team in the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. She was team captain for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (the only women's volleyball te ...
and Jane WacuViolet Makuto
Violet Makuto (born ) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She has been part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team.
She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. On club level she played for Kenya Pipeline Company in 2014.
...
, Elizabeth Wanyama
Elizabeth Wanyama (born 27 May 1987) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, and at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World ...
and Agala (aka Khadambi) were not included.[ However Khadambi will be in Tokyo, as she and ]Gaudencia Makokha
Gaudencia Makokha (born 15 November 1992) is a Kenyan female volleyball player. She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team playing beach volleyball at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.
Life
She was born in 1992 and her birthplac ...
, make up Kenya's beach volleyball team. She was included after Makokha's regular partner Naomi Too
Naomi Too is a Kenyan female volleyball player in the Kenya women's national volleyball team.
Life
Too played with the Kenya Pipeline team where she played with Gaudencia Makokha. In 2015 the two of them represented Kenya in Morocco at beach ...
was injured and she could not make the Olympic trials.Brazil
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, the United States
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and Latvia in pool D.
Clubs
* Kenya Prisons (2010)
* VBC Chamalières (2014)
References
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1984 births
Living people
Kenyan women's volleyball players
Kenyan beach volleyball players
Women's beach volleyball players
Olympic beach volleyball players for Kenya
Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya
Beach volleyball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games