Catherine Mabwi

{{short description|Kenyan volleyball player (born 1966)}}

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Catherine Mabwi (born {{birth date|1966|08|01|df=yes}}) is a Kenyan female volleyball player, and coach. She was the coach at Mpesa Foundation Academy.

She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.{{cite web|title=Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1998 - Teams Composition. - Kenya |url=http://todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1998.html |work=todor66.com |access-date=29 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173535/http://todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1998.html |archivedate=3 March 2016 }}

In 2020 she became the first African woman to have the Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) rank of instructor.

In 2024 she joined the FIVB Coaches Commission as the African representative. There are twelve members of the commission, including the American coach Karch Kiraly, which is led by Giovanni Guidetti who is the coach for the Serbian women's team.{{Cite web |title=Kenyan coach lands prestigious FIVB appointment {{!}} MozzartSportKe |url=https://www.mozzartsport.co.ke/other-sports/news/kenyan-coach-lands-prestigious-fivb-appointment/48396 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=www.mozzartsport.co.ke |language=en}}