Daniel Taabu

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Daniel Taabu
Birth nameDaniel Taabu
Date of birth (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2018–present Kenya 7s

Daniel Taabu (19 January 1996) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player who represents Kenya internationally. [1] He made his Olympic debut representing Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2]

Career

He was awarded the Male Player of the Year award for the season 2017/18 by the Stanbic Mwamba club. [3] He was the leading point scorer of the 2019 Singapore Sevens with 57 points in a tournament where Kenya finished at 13th position. [4] During the tournament, he also scored the most number of tries for Kenya with seven. He was named in the Kenyan squad for the men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5]

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References

  1. worldrugby.org. "Daniel Taabu". www.world.rugby. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  2. "Daniel Taabu". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  3. "#KulabuAwards: Daniel Taabu and Sarah Oluche named Stanbic Mwamba's best". Mwamba Rugby. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  4. worldrugby.org. "Men's Standings - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | world.rugby/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  5. "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Men's sevens squads". World Rugby . 6 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-29.