Fawziya Abdoulkarim | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Nickname | Fafa | ||||
Nationality | Cameroon | ||||
Born | 1 March 1989 | ||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||
Spike | 292 cm (115 in) | ||||
Block | 287 cm (113 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Current club | Volley-Ball Pays Viennois | ||||
Number | 12 | ||||
Career | |||||
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Fawziya Abdoulkarim (born 1 March 1989) is a Cameroonian volleyball player. She is a member of the Cameroon women's national volleyball team and played for Bafia Evolution in 2014. She was part of the Cameroonian national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [1]
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