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Mercy Moim (born ) is a Kenyan
Runner-Up, with Supreme Chonburi
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 ...
player. She played with the Kenya national team in the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
The 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the competition. Like the previous tournament, the 2010 edition also was held from 29 October to 14 November 2010 in Japan, though the range of venues and locations was modifie ...
. 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 the age of 15 and she has played for theSupreme Volleyball Club
Supreme Volleyball Club ( th, สโมสรวอลเลย์บอลสุพรีม ชลบุรี) is a Thai professional women's volleyball club based in ฺBangkok and have managed by Supreme Volleyball Club Co.,Ltd. which was ...
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. 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 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.
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 Shazad Anwar in 2016.
Clubs
* Kenya Commercial Bank (2005–2006) *Kenya Prisons
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(2007–2014)
* Liiga Ploki (2014–2015)
* Oriveden Ponnistus (2015–2016)
* Azerrail Baku
Azerrail Baku ('' az, Azərreyl Bakı'') is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club based in Baku. Azerrail is a three-time champion of Azerbaijan Superleague and the winner of CEV Cup in 2002 and Challenge Cup in 2011.
History
Azerrail was fou ...
(2016–2017)
* Supreme Chonburi (2019–2020)
* Kenya Commercial Bank (2020–)
Awards
Club
* 2018–19 Thailand League - Runner-Up, with Supreme Chonburi
References