Kenya women's national rugby sevens team plays in several tournaments including the
African Women's Sevens Championship
The Africa Women's Sevens is the continental championship for women's international rugby sevens in Africa. The tournament sanctioned and sponsored by Rugby Africa (previously CAR) which is the rugby union governing body for the continent.
The f ...
, Dubai Invitational Sevens and the
Hong Kong Women's Sevens
The Hong Kong Women's Sevens held the first women's international rugby sevens tournament in 1997, and has since become an annual event. The 2020 edition marked the start of a new era for the Hong Kong Women's Sevens. For the first time, the tou ...
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Kenya
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'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
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by winning the
2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
The 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament for the continental championship of Africa and a qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition was held in Kempton Park, South A ...
. In 2019, despite coming second at the
Africa Women's Sevens, they qualified for the
Tokyo Olympics because South Africa declined their regional spot.
Tournament history
Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games
Rugby Africa Women's Sevens
Team
Previous squads
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Philadelphia Olando (c)
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Sheila Chajira
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Celestine Masinde
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Janet Awino
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Janet Okello
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Doreen Remour
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Rachel Mbogo
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Stacy Awuor
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Linet Arasa
Linet Arasa (born January 1, 1996) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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* Sinaida Aura
* Grace Adhiambo
* Cynthia Atieno
* Judith Auma
References
External links
Official websiteWorldRugby profile
{{National sports teams of Kenya
Women's national rugby sevens teams
Sevens