Mercy Moim Explained

Mercy Moim
Nationality:Kenyan
Birth Date:1 January 1989
Birth Place:Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
Height:1.830NaN0
Weight:700NaN0
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Block:2980NaN0
Position:Outside hitter
Currentclub:Kenya Commercial Bank
Years1:2005–2006
Team1:Kenya Commercial Bank
Years2:2007–2014
Team2:Kenya Prisons
Years3:2014–2015
Team3:Liiga Ploki
Years4:2015–2016
Team4:Oriveden Ponnistus
Years5:2016–2017
Team5:Azerrail Baku
Years6:2018–2019
Team6:Supreme Volleyball Club
Years7:2020–present
Team7:Kenya Commercial Bank
Nationalyears:2005–present
Nationalteam:Kenya
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Mercy Moim (born 1 January 1989) is a Kenyan 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).

Life

Moim made her debut in the national team at age 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 for 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 as Kenya's flagbearers at the Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo. Moim was the second woman to be given this honour, following archer Shazad Anwar in 2016.[5]

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References

  1. Web site: Kenyan volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. sebare.com. 11 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Ayodi. Ayumba. 2021-07-12. Kenya: Tokyo Another Feather in the Cap for Coach Bitok, Moim, Wacu. 2021-07-12. allAfrica.com. en.
  3. Web site: 26 June 2021. Kenya Unveil Roster For The Tokyo Olympics. 8 July 2021. fivb.com.
  4. Web site: Kenyan volleyball team keen to make up for lost time at Olympics - Xinhua English.news.cn. 2021-07-10. www.xinhuanet.com.
  5. Web site: 18 July 2021. Moim and Amonde selected as Kenya's flagbearers for Opening Ceremony. 2021-07-27. www.insidethegames.biz.