Andrew Noel Omondi Amonde (born 25 December 1983) is a Kenyan

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player and

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. He plays for Kenya's national sevens team and has been its captain since 2012. Amonde captained Kenya's Olympic sevens team at the

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. Volleyballer

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and 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 Shehzana Anwar in 2016).

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* * * * * 1983 births Living people Kenyan rugby union players Male rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya Kenya international rugby sevens players Kenya international rugby union players Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Nyeri County Sportspeople from Central Province (Kenya) {{Kenya-rugbyunion-bio-stub