Andrew Amonde
| Full name | Andrew Noel Omondi Amonde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 December 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nyeri, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (234 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Amonde (born 25 December 1983) is a Kenyan rugby union player and television producer.[1] He plays for Kenya's national sevens team and has been its captain since 2012.[2][3] Amonde captained Kenya's Olympic sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
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 Shazad Anwar in 2016).[5]
References
- ^ Felix, Vincent O. (2016-04-20). "10 Things You Don't Know About Andrew Amonde". Youth Village Kenya. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ Ondieki, Elvis (24 April 2016). "At home with rugby kingpin Amonde". Nation.co.ke. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ "I'm in rugby by default: Andrew Amonde". www.standardmedia.co.ke. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ Mwema, Faith (2016-08-03). "Amonde convinced Rugby gold is Kenya's". Kenyatta University TV. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ "Moim and Amonde selected as Kenya's flagbearers for Opening Ceremony". www.insidethegames.biz. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
External links
- 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
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Kenyan rugby union players
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Kenya
- Kenya international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- People from Nyeri County
- Kenyan sportspeople stubs
- African rugby union biography stubs