Violet Barasa

Violet Barasa

Violet Awindi Barasa (born June 21 1975, Sikhendu village, Bungoma District, Kenya – died February 12 2007, Webuye) was a volleyball player from Kenya. Her surname is sometimes spelled as Baraza.

She was a long-time captain for the Kenyan women's national volleyball team. Baraza represented Kenya in the 2000 and 2004 olympic games, three times in the Volleyball World Championship and in numerous continental events [The Standard, February 14, 2007: [http://eastandard.net/hm_news/news_s.php?articleid=1143964829 "Former national team captain dies in hospital"] ] .

She was one of the few Kenyan players to play professional volleyball abroad, for Al-Ahly in Egypt, Vileo and Unic-Romania in Romania, Panellinios in Greece and Dicle University in Turkey [Daily Nation, February 14, 2007: [http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=5&newsid=91742 "Kenya volleyball star Barasa passes away"] ] .

She died in February 2007 at the Webuye District Hospital of undisclosed causes. At the time of her death, she was still an active player with the Kenya Commercial Bank volleyball club, although she had been dropped from the national team.

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