Catherine Wanjiru | |||||
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Nationality | Kenyan | ||||
Born | 7 August 1978 | ||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||
Spike | 285 cm (112 in) | ||||
Block | 265 cm (104 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Number | 6 | ||||
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Catherine Wanjiru (born 7 August 1978) was a Kenyan female volleyball player. She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team.
She participated in the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. [1] She competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. [2] She played with Kenya Pipelines in 2004.
In 2007 Wanijuru took part of the Kenyan Team who competed for the FIVB Women's World Cup. Nearly all the other Kenyan internationals came from the Kenya Prisons or the Kenya Commercial Bank volleyball teams (except for Edinah Rotich) including Jane Wacu, Janet Wanja, Mercy Moim and Brackcides Khadambi. [3]
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 record of ten times. They have qualified four times for the Olympics; in 2000, 2004, 2020 and 2024.
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