Doreen Nziwa

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Doreen Nziwa
Date of birth (1982-07-04) July 4, 1982 (age 41)
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly half
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
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Doreen Remour Nziwa (born July 4, 1982) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She represented Kenya's women's national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] [3] [4] She was in the Kenyan women's sevens squad that played at the 2016 France Women's Sevens. [5]

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References

  1. "NZIWA Doreen". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  2. "Olympic Women's 7s Preview". Americas Rugby News. 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  3. "Kenya name Sevens squads for Olympics". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  4. "Olympics Squads Announced". www.kru.co.ke. 18 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  5. "Kenyan women hoping to make a big impression on debut". worldrugby.org. May 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-17.