Triza Atuka | |
Birth Date: | 14 April 1992 |
Birth Place: | Kakamega, Kenya |
Height: | 1.880NaN0 |
Weight: | 650NaN0 |
Spike: | 2980NaN0 |
Block: | 2930NaN0 |
Position: | Middle blocker |
Currentclub: | Kenya Pipeline |
Currentnumber: | 8 |
Years: | 2011–2012 2013–present |
Teams: | Kenya Commercial Bank Kenya Pipeline |
Nationalyears: | 2014-present |
Nationalteam: | Kenya |
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Triza Atuka (born 14 April 1992) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team.[1] At club level she plays for the Kenya Pipeline Company team.[2] In 2016, the Kenya Volleyball Federation awarded her their female Most Valuable Player award.[2]
In 2017 she was captain of the Pipeline team in Cairo as they contested the Women’s Africa Club Volleyball Championship.[3]
When Kenya's team for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was announced in 2021, Atuka, together with other experienced players Violet Makuto and Elizabeth Wanyama, were not among the dozen players chosen to travel to Japan.[4]
She competed at the 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, and 2023 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship.[5]
In 2024, she was named to the Kenya women's national volleyball team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and selected to be flag bearer.[6] [7] [8]