MUKOBWANKAWE Liliane

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Birth Country:

Rwanda

Place of residence : KIGALI

Residence Country:

Rwanda

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Women RWA Rwanda	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool B #03 USA United States 3 RWA Rwanda 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool B #07 RWA Rwanda 0 RPC RPC 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool B #10 CHN China 3 RWA Rwanda 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's 7-8 Classification #13 JPN Japan 0 RWA Rwanda 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
8	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
11	Women	2018	Netherlands

Languages spoken:

Jean Marie Vianney Nsengiyumva [national]

Position style:

Middle blocker (paralympic.org, 15 Sep 2016)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2012. (paralympic.org, 13 Dec 2015)

She grew up with a passion for sport. In 2007 she met someone at school who told her about sitting volleyball and advised her to join the Rwandan team. "It was my first time to see the game but I integrated very quickly." (newtimes.co.rw, 27 Aug 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (newtimes.co.rw, 13 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (laureus.com, 09 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
She is unable to bend her right leg due to an injury she sustained after she was hit by a car at age nine. "My parents had sent me to buy milk and as I crossed the road, I got knocked down by a car that broke my leg. I did not get proper medication and as I was recovering, the bone became deformed." (laureus.com, 09 Sep 2016; newtimes.co.rw, 27 Aug 2016)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2017 she was named a women's representative on the executive committee of the National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda. (npcrwanda.com, 2017)

LEADER
She captained the Rwandan sitting volleyball team at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org, 15 Sep 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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