Mercy Moim
Mercy Moim | |||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya | 1 January 1989||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Spike | 307 cm (121 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Block | 298 cm (117 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside Hitter | ||||||||||||||||
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Mercy Moim (born volleyball player. She played with the Kenya national team in the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.[1] She was team captain for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (the only women's volleyball team from Africa).
1 January 1989) is a KenyanLife[]
Moim made her debut in the national team at the age of 15 and she has played for the Supreme Volleyball Club in Thailand.
Moim was chosen to captain Kenya's team in 2016. In 2021 Kenya qualified for the Olympic games which was the first time in sixteen years.[2] She was again the captain for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo by the coach Paul Bitok. Veteran Jane Wacu also made the cut[3] former colleagues Violet Makuto and Elizabeth Wanyama were not included in the dozen players chosen to travel where they lost their first match against the home team from Japan.[4]
Moim and rugby player Andrew Amonde were chosen to be Kenya's flagbearers at the Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo. Moim was the second woman to be given this honour following archer in 2016.[5]
Clubs[]
(2005–2006)
(2007–2014)
(2014–2015)
(2015–2016)
Azerrail Baku (2016–2017)
Supreme Chonburi (2019–2020)
(2020–)
Awards[]
Club[]
- 2018–19 Thailand League -
Runner-Up, with Supreme Chonburi
References[]
- ^ "Kenyan volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". sebare.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Ayodi, Ayumba (2021-07-12). "Kenya: Tokyo Another Feather in the Cap for Coach Bitok, Moim, Wacu". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Kenya Unveil Roster For The Tokyo Olympics". fivb.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Kenyan volleyball team keen to make up for lost time at Olympics - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Moim and Amonde selected as Kenya's flagbearers for Opening Ceremony". www.insidethegames.biz. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Kenyan women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players of Kenya
- Kenyan volleyball biography stubs