Mercy Moim

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| name = Mercy Moim

| image = AG 23 Indoor Volleyball 25.jpg

| caption = Mercy Moim at the 2023 African Games

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| nationality = Kenyan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya

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| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| position = Outside hitter

| currentclub = Kenya Commercial Bank

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| years1 = 2005–2006

| team1 = Kenya Commercial Bank

| years2 = 2007–2014

| team2 = Kenya Prisons

| years3 = 2014–2015

| team3 = Liiga Ploki

| years4 = 2015–2016

| team4 = Oriveden Ponnistus

| years5 = 2016–2017

| team5 = Azerrail Baku

| years6 = 2018–2019

| team6 = Supreme Volleyball Club

| years7 = 2020–present

| team7 = Kenya Commercial Bank

| nationalyears = 2005–present

| nationalteam = Kenya

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Mercy Moim (born {{birth date|1989|1|1|df=yes}}) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She played with the Kenya national team in the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.{{cite web|title=Kenyan volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|url=http://www.sebare.com/teams/team14.html|work=sebare.com|access-date=11 October 2015}} She was team captain for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (the only women's volleyball team from Africa).

Life

Moim made her debut in the national team at age 15, and she has played for the Supreme Volleyball Club in Thailand.

Moim was chosen to captain Kenya's team in 2016. In 2021, Kenya qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time in sixteen years.{{Cite web|last=Ayodi|first=Ayumba|date=2021-07-12|title=Kenya: Tokyo Another Feather in the Cap for Coach Bitok, Moim, Wacu|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202107120172.html|access-date=2021-07-12|website=allAfrica.com|language=en}} She was again the captain for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo by the coach Paul Bitok. Veteran Jane Wacu also made the cut{{Cite web|date=26 June 2021|title=Kenya Unveil Roster For The Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/kenya-unveil-roster-for-the-tokyo-olympics?id=94511|access-date=8 July 2021|website=fivb.com}} former colleagues Violet Makuto and Elizabeth Wanyama were not included in the dozen players chosen to travel where they lost their first match against the home team from Japan.{{Cite web|title=Kenyan volleyball team keen to make up for lost time at Olympics - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-07/07/c_1310048340.htm|access-date=2021-07-10|website=www.xinhuanet.com}}

Moim and rugby player Andrew Amonde were chosen as Kenya's flagbearers at the Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo. Moim was the second woman to be given this honour, following archer Shazad Anwar in 2016.{{Cite web|date=18 July 2021|title=Moim and Amonde selected as Kenya's flagbearers for Opening Ceremony|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110369/moim-and-amonde-kenya-flag-bearers|access-date=2021-07-27|website=www.insidethegames.biz}}