Leonida Kasaya

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Leonida Kasaya
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1993-10-10) 10 October 1993 (age 30)
Kakamega, Kenya
Height168 cm (66 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Spike297 cm (117 in)
Block292 cm (115 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current club Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Pipeline
Number21 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2014Kenya Pipeline company
National team
2014 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya

Leonida Kasaya (born 10 October 1993) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team.

She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, [1] 2020 Summer Olympics qualification. [2] On club level she plays for Kenya Pipeline company. [3]

Kasaya was included in the dozen Kenyan players chosen to travel to the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [4] Mercy Moim is the captain and their first match is against the home team from Japan. [5]

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References

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  2. "Player - Leonida Kasaya - FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2019". volleyball.ioqt.2019.fivb.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  3. "Team Roster – Kenya". FIVB.org. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  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. Wada, Daiju (2021). "Terror Threat at Tokyo Olympics 2021". Japanese Society and Culture. 3 (1). doi: 10.52882/2434-1738-0303 . ISSN   2434-172X.