Andrew Amonde
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Kenyan rugby union player and television producer
Rugby player
| Full name | Andrew Noel Omondi Amonde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1983年12月25日) 25 December 1983 (age 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nyeri, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (234 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Noel Omondi Amonde[1] (born 25 December 1983) is a Kenyan rugby union player and television producer.[2] He plays for Kenya's national sevens team and has been its captain since 2012.[3] [4] Amonde captained Kenya's Olympic sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]
Volleyballer Mercy Moim and Amonde were chosen to be Kenya's flagbearers at the Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo (Moim was the second woman to be given this honour following archer Shehzana Anwar in 2016).[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Andrew Amonde". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ Felix, Vincent O. (2016年04月20日). "10 Things You Don't Know About Andrew Amonde". Youth Village Kenya. Retrieved 2016年08月06日.
- ^ Ondieki, Elvis (24 April 2016). "At home with rugby kingpin Amonde". Nation.co.ke. Retrieved 2016年08月06日.
- ^ "I'm in rugby by default: Andrew Amonde". www.standardmedia.co.ke. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2016年08月06日.
- ^ Mwema, Faith (2016年08月03日). "Amonde convinced Rugby gold is Kenya's". Kenyatta University TV. Archived from the original on 2016年08月15日. Retrieved 2016年08月06日.
- ^ "Moim and Amonde selected as Kenya's flagbearers for Opening Ceremony". www.insidethegames.biz. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 2021年07月27日.
External links
[edit ]- Andrew Amonde at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Andrew Amonde at Olympics.com
- Andrew Amonde at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Andrew Amonde at ESPNscrum
- Andrew Amonde at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Kenya Tokyo 2020 with Mercy Moim |
Succeeded by |
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Kenyan rugby union players
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Kenya
- Kenya international rugby sevens players
- Kenya international rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- People from Nyeri County
- Sportspeople from Central Province (Kenya)
- Kenyan sportspeople stubs
- African rugby union biography stubs