Salome Wanjala | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nationality | Kenya | ||
Born | 20 April 1985 | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | wing spiker | ||
Current club | Kenya Commercial Bank | ||
Number | 10 (national team) | ||
National team | |||
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Salome Wanjala (born 20 April 1985) is a retired Kenyan female volleyball player, who played as a wing spiker.
Volleyball is a popular team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.
She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. [1] On club level she played with Kenya Commercial Bank. [2]
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