Aberdeen Shikoyi
Player information | ||
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birthday | 1985 | |
place of birth | , | |
date of death | April 28, 2012 | |
Place of death | Nairobi , Kenya | |
society | ||
society | Career ended | |
position | Winger , Hakler | |
Clubs as active | ||
Years | society | Games (points) |
Mwamba | () | |
National team | ||
Years | National team | Games (points) |
2013 | Kenya (7-a-side rugby) | () |
2013 | Kenya (rugby union) | () |
Aberdeen Shikoyi (born 1985 ; died April 28, 2012 in Nairobi ) was a Kenyan rugby player .
life and career
After graduating from school, Shikoyi moved to the capital, Nairobi, where she began playing football in the Jericho district before a friend introduced her to rugby. Around 2007 she joined the Mwamba RFC , the only Kenyan women's rugby team that is also based in Nairobi. In addition to her sporting activities, she earned her living as a primary school teacher in the Eastleigh district .
Shikoyi was soon called up to the national team, with which she won the Elgon Cup , an annual duel between the national teams from Kenya and Uganda , in 2010 and 2011 . She was also successful in 7-a-side rugby . In qualifying for the 2013 World Cup, she and her team only lost in the final against the team from South Africa .
On April 21, 2012, she was seriously injured in the first leg of the Elgon Cup in a duel with her Ugandan opponent Christine Kizito . Before the end of the game, she was flown from Kampala to a hospital in Nairobi, where a vertebral fracture was diagnosed. She did not recover from an operation that was subsequently carried out; she died on April 28, 2012, a few hours after her team won the Elgon Cup in the second leg.
After Shikoyi's death, efforts were made to rename the women's Elgon Cup in her honor. Such a renaming has not yet taken place.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Obituary on osbke.com (English), accessed on July 5, 2017
- ^ Obituary on bbc.com , accessed on July 5, 2017
- ↑ obituary newvision.co.ug (Engl.) Called on July 5, 2017
- ↑ Obituary on sport24.co.za , accessed on July 5, 2017
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shikoyi, Aberdeen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan rugby player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |
DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 2012 |
Place of death | Nairobi |