Naomi Too
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| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1992 Uasin Gishu, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club |  Kenya Pipeline | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Naomi Too (also spelled Naomie, born 24 April 1992) is a Kenyan volleyball player in the Kenya women's national volleyball team.
Life
Too played with the Kenya Pipeline team where she played with Gaudencia Makokha. In 2015 the pair represented Kenya in at the African Games in Rabat, Morocco in beach volleyball. They beat Mozambique and Nigeria to get to the final but were beaten by Egypt, settling for the silver medal. It was the first medal for Kenya at the 2015 games.[1]
In 2017 she and her then volleyball partner, Gaudencia Makokha, won a beach volleyball match and gained $3,400 in prize money.[2][3]
Too was injured and she could not make the Olympic trials in 2021.[4] Kenya's beach volleyball coach Sammy Mulinge invited Too to the Olympic training although he was concerned by her injury.[5] Too was not included when the volleyball players names for the Olympics were revealed on 26 June 2021.[6] Brackcides Khadambi was called to pair up with Gaudencia Makokha to replace Too and she and Gaudencia Makokha made up Kenya's beach volleyball team in Tokyo.
In 2022 she was paired with Veronica Adhiambo for the Commonwealth Games qualifiers in Accra, Ghana. They took the bronze medal but missed out on a place at the games.[7]
Kenya Pipeline were in Tunisia in May 2023 where they came second to Zamalek from Egypt in the CAVB Women's Volleyball Club Championships. Naomi Too was given the Best Opposite Player award.[8]
In 2023 Too and teammate Gaudencia Makokha were being tipped as the best chance that Kenya had at winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.[9] After training at Flamingo Beach Resort in Mombasa in June 2024 the Kenyan coach, Salome Wanjala, chose them to compete in Morocco where the winners would gain an automatic ticket to compete at the Olympics in Paris.[10]
Clubs
References
- ^ Makokha, Consolata (20 August 2019). "Makokha and Too hands Kenya silver medal in beach volleyball". The Star. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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- ^ "Profile - Gaudencia Makokha". vienna2017.fivb.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Profile - Naomie Too". vienna2017.fivb.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Isaboke, Alex (21 July 2021). "Kenya: Coach Mulinge Extols Blackie's Steady Rise in Beach Volleyball". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Matheka, Lynette (3 June 2021). "Too in as beach volleyball teams begin preps". MozzartSportKe. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
Naomi Too
- ^ "Kenya unveil roster for the Tokyo Olympics". fivb.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Makhandia, Agnes (28 March 2022). "Kenya beach volleyball teams exit Commonwealth qualifiers". Nation. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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- ^ Silah, Barry (24 May 2023). "Atuka, Too feted after Pipeline finish second at continental tourney". People Daily. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
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- ^ Gacharira, Samuel (5 October 2023). "Kenya must jealously guard beach volleyball slot for Paris Olympics". Nation. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ Ndunda, Ernest (18 June 2024). "Beach volleyball team goes hunting for Olympic Games slot". Health. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
External links
- Naomie Too at FIVB.com
- Naomie Too at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Naomie Too at InterSportStats
- Makokha/Too (Beach Volley) at the Rabat 2019 African Games (archived)