Maria Kochwa

{{Short description|Kenyan volleyball player (1966–2014)}}

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| fullname = Mary Ayuma-Kochwa

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| nationality = Kenyan

| birth_date = {{birth date|1966|10|23|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death year and age|2014|1966}}

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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|71|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| currentnumber = 10 (national team)

| years = 1994

| teams = Kenya Posta

| nationalyears = 1994-2000

| nationalteam = {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya

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Mary Ayuma-Kochwa (23 October 1966 – 2014) was a Kenyan volleyball player. She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94557 |title=Maria Kochwa |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 March 2022}}

She participated 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=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626205707/http://todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1998.html |archivedate=26 June 2015 }} and at the 2003 All Africa Women's Volleyball Championship.{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Africa/Women_AAG_2003.html|title=Women Volleyball VIII All Africa Games 2003 Abuja (NGR) - 11-18.10 Winner Nigeria|last=Krastev|first=Todor|website=www.todor66.com|access-date=2018-09-17}}

She competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing 11th.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Kenyan volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KEN/summer/2000/VOL/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417104536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KEN/summer/2000/VOL/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=6 October 2015}}