Roselidah Obunaga

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Roselidah Obunaga
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1973-12-23) 23 December 1973 (age 50)
Kakamega, Kenya
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike284 cm (112 in)
Block272 cm (107 in)
Volleyball information
Number11
Career
YearsTeams
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Missouri State University
National team
2000-2004Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Kenya

Roselidah Obunaga-Mangala (born 23 December 1973) is a Kenyan female volleyball player. She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team.

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She competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. [1] She played with Missouri State University in 2002 and 2003, and Columbia College. [2]

She coaches at Stephens College. [3]

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References

  1. "Kenya women's volleyball roster at FIVB.com". 2004 Athens . FIVB. 18 September 2015.
  2. "Hall of Fame Member Roselidah Obunaga". wp.missouristate.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. "2017 Volleyball Coaches". Stephens College Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-03.