Mercy Moim

Mercy Moim (born (1989-01-01)1 January 1989) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She played with the Kenya national team in the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.^[1] She was team captain for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (the only women's volleyball team from Africa).

Mercy Moim
Mercy Moim at the 2023 African Games
Personal information
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	(1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 36) Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Spike	307 cm (121 in)
Block	298 cm (117 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Kenya Commercial Bank
Career
Years Teams 2005–2006 Kenya Commercial Bank 2007–2014 Kenya Prisons 2014–2015 Liiga Ploki 2015–2016 Oriveden Ponnistus 2016–2017 Azerrail Baku 2018–2019 Supreme Volleyball Club 2020–present Kenya Commercial Bank
National team
2005–present Kenya

Life

Moim made her debut in the national team at age 15, and she has played for the 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.^[2] She was again the captain for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo by the coach Paul Bitok. Veteran Jane Wacu also made the cut^[3] former colleagues Violet Makuto and Elizabeth Wanyama were not included in the dozen players chosen to travel where they lost their first match against the home team from Japan.^[4]

Moim and rugby player 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 in 2016.^[5]

Clubs

• Kenya Commercial Bank (2005–2006)
• Kenya Prisons (2007–2014)
• Liiga Ploki (2014–2015)
• Oriveden Ponnistus (2015–2016)
• Azerrail Baku (2016–2017)
• Supreme Chonburi (2019–2020)
• Kenya Commercial Bank (2020–)

Awards

Club

• 2018–19 Thailand League - Runner-Up, with Supreme Chonburi