Andrew Amonde

Andrew Amonde
Full name	Andrew Noel Omondi Amonde
Date of birth	25 December 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Nyeri, Kenya
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	106 kg (234 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker
International career
Years	Team
2014	Kenya
National sevens team
Years	Team
2012–	Kenya 7s

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

^ "Andrew Amonde". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
^ 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.