Celestine Masinde

Celestine Navalayo Masinde (born January 12, 1987) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's rugby sevens competition for the Kenya women's national rugby sevens team.[1] She scored Kenya's first ever Olympic try in their match against France.[2]

Celestine Masinde
Date of birth (1987-01-12) January 12, 1987
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
 Kenya

Masinde was in the squad that featured at the 2016 France Women's Sevens.[3]

References
  1. "MASINDE Celestine". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. Korir, Patrick (6 August 2016). "Celestine Masinde with historic Olympic try". ragahouse.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. "Kenyan women hoping to make a big impression on debut". worldrugby.org. May 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-17.


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