Kenya women's national rugby sevens team

Kenya women's national rugby sevens team plays in several tournaments including the African Women's Sevens Championship, Dubai Invitational Sevens and the Hong Kong Women's Sevens.

For the men's team, see Kenya national rugby sevens team.
Kenya
UnionKenya Rugby Union
Nickname(s)Lionesses
Ground(s)RFUEA Ground
Coach(es)Kevin Wambua
Captain(s)Philadelphia Olando
Team kit

Kenya's captain Aberdeen Shikoyi died on 29 May 2012 after an injury she sustained in a match against Uganda.

Kenya qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens.[1][2][3] In 2019, despite coming second at the Africa Women's Sevens, they qualified for the Tokyo Olympics because South Africa declined their regional spot.[4][5]

Tournament history

Summer Olympics
Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Placement round11th5140
Japan 2020 9th Place Match10th5140
Total0 Titles2/210280

Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Australia 2018 Placement round6th5320
Total0 Titles1/15320

Rugby Africa Women's Sevens
Rugby Africa Women's Sevens record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Uganda 2008 Semi Final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5320
Morocco 2012 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5410
Tunisia 2013 Semi Final 4 4130
Kenya 2014 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5320
South Africa 2015 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6510
Zimbabwe 2016 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5410
Tunisia 2017 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6510
Botswana 2018 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5500
Total1 Titles8/84130110

Team

Previous squads
Squad to the 2018 Commonwealth Games[6]

Squad to 2016 Summer Olympics

The following is the Kenya roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

Head coach: Michael Mulima

BacksForwards
4Rachael Mbogo1Stacy Otieno
5Linet Arasa2Janet Awino
7Doreen Nziwa3Sheila Chajira
8Janet Okelo6Camilyne Oyuayo
9Irene Otieno12Philadelphia Olando
10Catherine Abilla (c)
11Celestine Masinde

References
  1. worldrugby.org. "Kenya women secure Rio 2016 Olympic Games Rugby Sevens place". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  2. "Kenya's Lionesses roar into Rio 2016 rugby tournament after South Africa decline slot". Rio 2016. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  3. Njuguna, William (17 December 2015). "Kenya: Women's Rugby Team Qualifies for Rio 2016 Olympics". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  4. "Kenya Rugby Union unveils Kenya's men and women's rugby sevens teams to the Tokyo Olympics". AfricaNews. 2021-07-05. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  5. "Kenya women qualify for Tokyo 2020 - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". World Rugby. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  6. "Kenya Squad". Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  7. "Kenya 7s – Olympic Games Women's Sevens". World Rugby. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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