Triza Atuka (born 14 April 1992) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the

Kenya women's national volleyball team The Kenya women's national volleyball team, the ''Malkia Strikers'', represents Kenya in international volleyball competitions. Kenya has dominated the African continent since the 1990s, winning the Women's African Volleyball Championship a recor ...

. At club level she plays for the

Kenya Pipeline Company Kenya Pipeline Company (''KPC'') is a state corporation that has the responsibility of transporting, storing and delivering petroleum products to the consumers of Kenya by its pipeline system and oil depot network. Overview The Kenya Pipeline ...

team. In 2016, the

Kenya Volleyball Federation Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the List of countries and dependencies by population, 27th-most-populous country in ...

awarded her their female

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or ...

award.

Career

In 2017 she was captain of the Pipeline team in Cairo as they contested the Women’s Africa Club Volleyball Championship. When Kenya's team for the postponed

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo was announced in 2021, Atuka, together with other experienced players Violet Makuto and

Elizabeth Wanyama Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Empress Elisabeth (disambiguation), lists various empresses named ''Elisabeth'' or ''Elizabeth'' * Princess Elizabeth ( ...

, were not among the dozen players chosen to travel to Japan. She competed at the 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, and 2023 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship. In 2024, she was named to the Kenya women's national volleyball team at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

, and selected to be

flag bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a colour-bearer or flag-bearer, is a person who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a ...

and the team's captain. The team was in pool B and they played three matches in Paris against Brazil, Poland and Japan. They lost all three matches with a repeated score of 3-0.
alternate link

References

External links

* * * 1992 births Living people Kenyan women's volleyball players 21st-century Kenyan sportswomen Sportspeople from Kakamega Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Kenya {{Kenya-volleyball-bio-stub