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The Kenya women's national volleyball team, the ''Malkia Strikers'', represents
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
in international
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competitions. Kenya has dominated the African continent since the 1990s, winning the
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a record of ten times. They have qualified four times for the Olympics; in 2000, 2004, 2020 and 2024. Kenya also has a
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team, who were the only women's team at the Tokyo Olympics. Kenya's women's
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team did not qualify for Tokyo.


History

Women were not invited to play volleyball at the All-Africa Games until 1978. Those games were in
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and Kenya did not send a team. The team was there in 1991 for the Volleyball at the 1991 All-Africa Games where they were first. They were also in Cairo when eight teams were present for the 1991 Women's African Volleyball Championship and Kenya again took the gold medal. Violet Barasa, as national team captain, lead the national team to its appearances at the
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and the
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. At both events they finished eleventh. In 2006 the team's coach was the Japanese coach
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who was assisted by
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. They contested the FIVB World Championships in Japan although the team was said to lack professional players as the chosen team were students or players who were based in Japan. In 2007 their coach Sammy Kirongo led them to a seventh
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victory. That year's championships was in Nairobi and the final was against Algeria. The Kenyan team included
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,
Janet Wanja Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya wo ...
, Dorcas Ndasaba and Catherine Wanjiru. Mildred Odwako was said to be the "best digger" and Janet Wanja was the "best setter". Dorcas Ndasaba was judged "best player" after she gained the final point to deliver victory in straight sets. In 2008 they failed to qualify for the
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after they were beaten by Algeria and four years later Algeria again denied them qualification for the
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in London. In 2015
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was the captain of the team and
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assisted her. The team announced that they refused to play for the
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in Canberra after several victories. The players were annoyed that they had not been paid money that had been promised by the Kenya Volleyball Federation. The boycott was successful and the team played and won against Peru. However, the KVF were not pleased and when the team's were announced for the
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neither Khadambi or her assistant
Janet Wanja Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya wo ...
were asked to the qualifying matches and the team failed to qualify. In 2020, under the new head coach of
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, Kenya's women's volleyball team won the gold medal at the African Games and they qualified for the postponed
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which was the first time in sixteen years.


2020 Olympics

Kenya women's volleyball team qualified for the postponed
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by winning the pool round with three match points and securing an outright berth at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in
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, marking the nation's return to the Olympics for the first time since
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. The chosen players names were revealed on 26 June 2021. The Olympic team included the veteran
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as captain and Jane Wacu also made the team, but former players Violet Makuto and
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were not included. Kenya's "Most Valued Player"
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was included in the beach volleyball team. The team received additional coaching from six Brazilian coaches who visited Kenya and the team was then sent to Nairobi where they received additional coaching from the Brazilian coach . The other teams in their group in Tokyo are the home team
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and the
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. The team set off from Kenya for the Olympics in Tokyo in three batches to try and minimise the chances of being affected by the
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. The team's captain
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was chosen to be one of Kenya's flagbearers at the Olympics opening ceremony (Moim was the second woman to be given this honour following archer Shazad Anwar in 2016). Their opening match was on 25 July in Tokyo against
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. Surprisingly Paul Bitok was not on the match's touchline, but Brazilian coach was announced as the head coach. He spoke to the press via the team manager. The team lost their first match against Japan in straight sets.


Results


Olympic Games

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to
1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
— did not participate *
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
— 11th place *
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
— 11th place (tied) *
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
— did not qualify *
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
— did not qualify *
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
— did not qualify *
2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
— 12th place *
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
— 12th place


World Championship

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
— 13th place *
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
— 13th place *
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
— 21st place *
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
— 21st place *
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
— 21st place *
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
— did not qualify *
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
— 20th place *
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
— 19th place *
2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
— Qualified


World Cup

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1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
—12th place *
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
— 11th place *
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
— 12th place *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
— 12th place *
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
— 10th place *
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
— 11th place


FIVB World Grand Prix

*
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
— 25th place *
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
— 21st place *
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
— 20th place


FIVB Challenger Cup

*
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
— 6th place *
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
— 5th place


Women's African Volleyball Championship

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1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
— *
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
— *
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
— *
1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...
— *
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
— *
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
— *
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
— *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
— *
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
— *
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
— *
2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
— *
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
— *
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
— *
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...


All-Africa Games


2021 Beach volleyball Olympic team

Kenya also has a women's national beach volleyball team. The team that gained Kenya qualification for the postponed
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was
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,
Brackcides Agala Brackcides Agala Khadambi (born 14 May 1984) is a Kenyan female volleyball player. She was captain of the Kenya women's national volleyball team and she competed in beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Life She was born in 1984. She ha ...
,
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and
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. They qualified when they won at the
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in Morocco in 2021. They gained victory in a final against the
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. Wavinga and Kasisi beat
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2-0 while Agala and Makokha beat the other Nigerian pair of
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2–1. Kenya's beach volleyballers were in the four Continental Cup winners with Argentina, Cuba and China. Kenya has never had a beach volleyball team at the Olympics and they are only the fourth African country to send a team. The four players who qualified will make up Kenya's Olympic beach volleyball team chosen by the coach
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. They will compete initially with the teams from
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, the US and Latvia in pool D at the postponed
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in Tokyo. The volleyballers stayed in Mombasa for training before flying to Tokyo. They were the African champions, but the pandemic meant that many of their future opponents had been able to play more matches.


2021 Sitting Volleyball Paralympic team

Kenya's
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team failed to qualify in the round robin contests in Kigali in September 2019. Rwanda won the place putting Egypt into second place in the final.


Current squad

Roster for the
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.


Previous squads

* 1991 World Cup squad ** Melisa Angel ** Nancy Lijodi ** Anne Wekhomba ** Lena Serem ** Pamela Mukima ** Jane Njeri-Onyango ** Nancy Sikobe ** Lucy Kamweru ** Beatrice Kwoba ** Dorcas Murunga ** Catherine Mabwi ** Mary Ayuma * 1994 World Championship squad ** Rhoda Vwosi ** Nancy Sikobe ** Helen Elele ** Esther Chepkosgei ** Esther Barno ** Esther Ouna ** Doris Wefwafwa ** Mary Ayuma ** Jacqueline Makokha ** Nancy Lijodi ** Phyllis Anyango ** Anne Wekhomba * 1998 World Championship squad ** Margaret Indakala ** Catherine Mabwi ** Edna Chepngeno ** Doris Wefwafwa ** Helen Elele ** Dorcas Ndasaba ** Roselidah Obunaga ** Jacqueline Makokha ** Esther Barno ** Mary Ayuma ** Nancy Lusanji ** Judith Serenge * 2000 Summer Olympic squad ** Dorcas Ndasaba ** Doris Wefwafwa ** Edna Chepngeno ** Emily Wesutila ** Gladys Nasikanda ** Jacqueline Makokha ** Judith Serenge ** Margaret Indakala ** Mary Ayuma ** Nancy Lusanji ** Roselidah Obunaga ** Violet Barasa * 2002 World Championship squad ** Philister Sang ** Margaret Mukoya ** Rodah Lyali ** Abigael Tarus ** Catherine Wanjiru **
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** Dorcas Ndasaba ** Salome Wanjala ** Leonidas Kamende ** Violet Barasa ** Nancy Lusanji ** Mercy Wesutila * 2004 Summer Olympic squad ** Philister Sang ** Abigael Tarus ** Nancy Nyongesa ** Catherine Wanjiru **
Janet Wanja Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya wo ...
** Dorcas Ndasaba ** Roselidah Obunaga ** Leonidas Kamende ** Violet Barasa ** Gladys Nasikanda ** Mercy Wesutila ** Judith Serenge * 2006 World Championship squad ** Jane Wacu ** Doris Palanga **
Lucy Chege Lucy Chege (born November 15, 1976) is a volleyball player from Kenya. She has captained the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She has played in the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. In Kenya, she represents the Kenya Pipeline ...
** Catherine Wanjiru **
Janet Wanja Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya wo ...
** Mildred Odwako ** Dorcas Ndasaba ** Jackline Barasa ** Lydia Maiyo ** Leonidas Kamende ** Brackcides Khadambi ** Judith Tarus * 2007 World Cup squad ** Jane Wacu ** Diana Khisa ** Doris Palanga ** Catherine Wanjiru **
Janet Wanja Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya wo ...
** Dorcas Ndasaba ** Jackline Barasa ** Lydia Maiyo **
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 ...
** Brackcides Khadambi ** Judith Tarus ** Edinah Rotich * 2011 World Cup squad ** Everlyne Makuto ** Esther Wangeci ** Diana Khisa ** Ruth Jepngetich **
Janet Wanja Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya wo ...
** Roseline Odhiambo ** Noel Murambi ** Lydia Maiyo **
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 ...
** Brackcides Khadambi ** Judith Tarus ** Florence Bosire *2015 World Cup squad ** Jane Wacu ** Everlyne Makuto ** Esther Wangeci **
Janet Wanja Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya wo ...
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Triza Atuka Triza Atuka (born 14 April 1992) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. At club level she plays for the Kenya Pipeline Company team. In 2016, the Kenya Volleyball Federation awarded her their fem ...
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** Noel Murambi ** Lydia Maiyo **
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 ...
** Brackcides Khadambi ** Ruth Jepngetich ** Monica Biama * 2018 World Championship squad ** Jane Wacu ** Christine Psiwa ** Violet Makuto **
Leonida Kasaya Leonida Kasaya (born 10 October 1993) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 20 ...
** Sharon Chepchumba **
Janet Wanja Janet Wanja (24 February 1984 – 26 December 2024) was a Kenyan volleyball player, who competed for her Country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya wo ...
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Triza Atuka Triza Atuka (born 14 April 1992) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. At club level she plays for the Kenya Pipeline Company team. In 2016, the Kenya Volleyball Federation awarded her their fem ...
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Elizabeth Wanyama Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Empress Elisabeth (disambiguation), lists various empresses named ''Elisabeth'' or ''Elizabeth'' * Princess Elizabeth ( ...
** Noel Murambi **
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 ...
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Lorine Chebet Lorine Chebet Kaei (born 8 October 1999) is a Kenyan volleyball player who has represented her country internationally including at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics. She has played for Kenya Prisons and Kenya Commercial Bank Women's Volleyball Teams ...
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Agripina Kundu Agripina Khayesi Kundu (born 24 April 1993) is a Kenyan volleyball player, playing as a libero. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. On club level she played f ...
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Emmaculate Chemtai Emmaculate Chemtai (born 14 October 1993) is a Kenyan volleyball player playing as an opposite spiker. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. Life Chemtai participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship an ...
** Edith Mukuvilani * 2020 Summer Olympic squad ** Jane Wacu **
Leonida Kasaya Leonida Kasaya (born 10 October 1993) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 20 ...
** Sharon Chepchumba ** Joy Lusenaka ** Noel Murambi ** Gladys Ekaru **
Lorine Chebet Lorine Chebet Kaei (born 8 October 1999) is a Kenyan volleyball player who has represented her country internationally including at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics. She has played for Kenya Prisons and Kenya Commercial Bank Women's Volleyball Teams ...
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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 ...
** Pamela Jepkirui **
Agripina Kundu Agripina Khayesi Kundu (born 24 April 1993) is a Kenyan volleyball player, playing as a libero. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. On club level she played f ...
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Emmaculate Chemtai Emmaculate Chemtai (born 14 October 1993) is a Kenyan volleyball player playing as an opposite spiker. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. Life Chemtai participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship an ...
** Edith Mukuvilani


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenya Women's National Volleyball Team Volleyball in Kenya
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 Summ ...
National women's volleyball teams