Jane Wairimu

Jane Wacu Wairimu (born 24 March 1985) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team as a setter. She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,^[1] and at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.^[2] She played with VBC Chamalières.

Jane Wacu Wasike
Personal information
Full name	Jane Wacu Wairimu
Nationality	Kenya
Born	(1985-03-24) 24 March 1985 (age 40) Nyeri, Kenya
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Spike	300 cm (118 in)
Block	267 cm (105 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Anse Royale
Number	1
Career
Years Teams 2005–2006 2007–2013 2014–2015 2016-2017 2018-present Kenya Pipeline Kenya Prisons VBC Chamalières Kenya Prisons Anse Royale
National team
2006-present Kenya

In 2021 Wacu was chosen by Head coach Paul Bitok to be in a twelve woman team to compete at the postponed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.^[3] Mercy Moim was chosen to captain Kenya's team.^[4] It was the first time that Kenya had qualified since 2003. Bitok chose a similar team to the one that competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball World Cup as it had eight players in common. These were Wacu, Edith Mukuvilani, Emmaculate Chemtai and Sharon Chepchumba, Mercy Moim, Leonida Kasaya, Lorine Chebet and Agripina Kundu. The team were trained additionally by Luizomar de Moura of Brazil.^[3] The Kenyans lost their first match in Tokyo against the home team of Japan.^[5]

Clubs

• Kenya Pipeline
• Kenya Prisons
• VBC Chamalières