# Mercy Moim > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mercy_Moim > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mercy_Moim.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Moim > Source revision: 1339649412 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Kenyan volleyball player (born 1989)}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Mercy Moim | image = AG 23 Indoor Volleyball 25.jpg | caption = Mercy Moim at the [2023 African Games](/source/2023_African_Games) | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = Kenyan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [Trans-Nzoia County](/source/Trans-Nzoia_County), [Kenya](/source/Kenya) | hometown = | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | spike = {{convert|307|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} | block = {{convert|298|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} | college = | position = Outside hitter | currentclub = [Kenya Commercial Bank](/source/Kenya_Commercial_Bank_(team)) | currentnumber = | years1 = 2005–2006 | team1 = [Kenya Commercial Bank](/source/Kenya_Commercial_Bank_(team)) | years2 = 2007–2014 | team2 = [Kenya Prisons](/source/Kenya_Prisons_(team)) | years3 = 2014–2015 | team3 = [Liiga Ploki](/source/Liiga_Ploki) | years4 = 2015–2016 | team4 = [Oriveden Ponnistus](/source/Oriveden_Ponnistus) | years5 = 2016–2017 | team5 = [Azerrail Baku](/source/Azerrail_Baku) | years6 = 2018–2019 | team6 = [Supreme Volleyball Club](/source/Supreme_Volleyball_Club) | years7 = 2020–present | team7 = [Kenya Commercial Bank](/source/Kenya_Commercial_Bank_(team)) | nationalyears = 2005–present | nationalteam = [Kenya](/source/Kenya_women's_national_volleyball_team) | medaltemplates = | medaltemplates-expand = set to "yes" to auto-expand medaltemplates section | updated = }} '''Mercy Moim''' (born {{birth date|1989|1|1|df=yes}}) is a Kenyan [volleyball](/source/volleyball) player. She played with the [Kenya national team](/source/Kenya_women's_national_volleyball_team) in the [2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship](/source/2010_FIVB_Women's_World_Championship).{{cite web|title=Kenyan volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|url=http://www.sebare.com/teams/team14.html|work=sebare.com|access-date=11 October 2015}} She was team captain for the postponed [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo (the only women's volleyball team from Africa). ==Life== Moim made her debut in the national team at age 15, and she has played for the [Supreme Volleyball Club](/source/Supreme_Volleyball_Club) in Thailand. Moim was chosen to captain Kenya's team in 2016. In 2021, Kenya qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time in sixteen years.{{Cite web|last=Ayodi|first=Ayumba|date=2021-07-12|title=Kenya: Tokyo Another Feather in the Cap for Coach Bitok, Moim, Wacu|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202107120172.html|access-date=2021-07-12|website=allAfrica.com|language=en}} She was again the captain for the postponed [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo by the coach [Paul Bitok](/source/Paul_Bitok_(volleyball)). Veteran [Jane Wacu](/source/Jane_Wacu) also made the cut{{Cite web|date=26 June 2021|title=Kenya Unveil Roster For The Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/kenya-unveil-roster-for-the-tokyo-olympics?id=94511|access-date=8 July 2021|website=fivb.com}} former colleagues [Violet Makuto](/source/Violet_Makuto) and [Elizabeth Wanyama](/source/Elizabeth_Wanyama) were not included in the dozen players chosen to travel where they lost their first match against the home team from Japan.{{Cite web|title=Kenyan volleyball team keen to make up for lost time at Olympics - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-07/07/c_1310048340.htm|access-date=2021-07-10|website=www.xinhuanet.com}} Moim and rugby player [Andrew Amonde](/source/Andrew_Amonde) were chosen as Kenya's flagbearers at the Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo. Moim was the second woman to be given this honour, following archer [Shazad Anwar](/source/Shazad_Anwar) in 2016.{{Cite web|date=18 July 2021|title=Moim and Amonde selected as Kenya's flagbearers for Opening Ceremony|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110369/moim-and-amonde-kenya-flag-bearers|access-date=2021-07-27|website=www.insidethegames.biz}} ==Clubs== * {{flagicon|Kenya}} [Kenya Commercial Bank](/source/Kenya_Commercial_Bank_(team)) (2005–2006) * {{flagicon|Kenya}} [Kenya Prisons](/source/Kenya_Prisons_(team)) (2007–2014) * {{flagicon|Finland}} [Liiga Ploki](/source/Liiga_Ploki) (2014–2015) * {{flagicon|Finland}} [Oriveden Ponnistus](/source/Oriveden_Ponnistus) (2015–2016) * {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [Azerrail Baku](/source/Azerrail_Baku) (2016–2017) * {{flagicon|THA}} [Supreme Chonburi](/source/Supreme_Volleyball_Club) (2019–2020) * {{flagicon|Kenya}} [Kenya Commercial Bank](/source/Kenya_Commercial_Bank_(team)) (2020–) == Awards == ===Club=== * [2018–19 Thailand League](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Women's_Volleyball_Thailand_League) - 16px Runner-Up, with [Supreme Chonburi](/source/Supreme_Volleyball_Club) ==References== {{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = [Shehzana Anwar](/source/Shehzana_Anwar) | title = [Flagbearer](/source/List_of_flag_bearers_for_Kenya_at_the_Olympics) for {{KEN}} | years = [Tokyo 2020](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics)
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[Andrew Amonde](/source/Andrew_Amonde) | after = [Triza Atuka](/source/Triza_Atuka)
[Ferdinand Omanyala](/source/Ferdinand_Omanyala) }} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moim, Mercy}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Kenyan women's volleyball players Category:21st-century Kenyan sportswomen Category:Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic volleyball players for Kenya Category:People from Trans-Nzoia County Category:Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province {{Kenya-volleyball-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mercy Moim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Moim) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Moim?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.