Liliane Mukobwanakawe

Lilian Mukobwanakawe (born 6 January 1989) is a Rwandan Paralympic volleyballer who as of 2019 serves as the captain of the Rwanda Women Sitting Volleyball team. She was captain of the 2015 and 2019 ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships winning teams.

Background and education Mukobwanakawe is the last of seven children born to Emmanuel Karangwa and Agnes Uwiregye in Kamonyi District, Southern Province, Rwanda. She attended Remera Catholic School for her primary education before joining ASPAD Ngororero for Ordinary level and completed her Advanced level in 2009 at Saint Bernadette still in Kamonyi District.

Mukobwanakawe was born with full function of her limbs but sustained an accident at the age of seven that left her with a broken right femur.

Paralympic qualification Mukobwanakawe made her Paralympic debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics after being a part of.

She is part of the Rwanda Women Sitting Volleyball Team that qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics after the final round of the 2019 African Sitting Volleyball Championships by beating Egypt 3-1(25-22, 26-28, 15-25, 18-25) at Amahoro Petit Stadium.

Individual awards

She was voted the best spiker at 2019 African Sitting Volleyball Championships.