Jane Wairimu

Jane Wacu Wasike
Personal information
Full nameJane Wacu Wairimu
Nationality Kenya
Born (1985-03-24) 24 March 1985 (age 39)
Nyeri, Kenya
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Spike300 cm (118 in)
Block267 cm (105 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubSeychelles Anse Royale
Number1
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2006
2007–2013
2014–2015
2016-2017
2018-present
Kenya Kenya Pipeline
Kenya Kenya Prisons
France VBC Chamalières
Kenya Kenya Prisons
Seychelles Anse Royale
National team
2006-presentKenya Kenya

Jane Wacu Wairimu (born 24 March 1985) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team as a setter. She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,[1] and at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.[2] She played with VBC Chamalières.

In 2021 Wacu was chosen by Head coach Paul Bitok to be in a twelve woman team to compete at the postponed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.[3] Mercy Moim was chosen to captain Kenya's team.[4] It was the first time that Kenya had qualified since 2003. Bitok chose a similar team to the one that competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball World Cup as it had eight players in common. These were Wacu, Edith Mukuvilani, Emmaculate Chemtai and Sharon Chepchumba, Mercy Moim, Leonida Kasaya, Lorine Chebet and Agripina Kundu. The team were trained additionally by Luizomar de Moura of Brazil.[3] The Kenyans lost their first match in Tokyo against the home team of Japan.[5]

Clubs

References

  1. ^ "Kenyan volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". sebare.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Team Roster - Kenya". FIVB World Grand Prix 2015. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  3. ^ a b guilherme.torres (2021-06-26). "Kenya unveil roster for the Tokyo Olympics". FIVB. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  4. ^ "Kenyan volleyball team keen to make up for lost time at Olympics - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  5. ^ "Malkia Strikers go down to Japan in Olympics opener". Citizentv.co.ke. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 2021-07-25.