This archive report was first published on 1 November 2019.
From Form One to Handball Pro ¶
Gladys Chilo's love affair with handball began in 2006 when she was just a Form One student at Mukumu Girls High School. Her school mother, an older student who guided her, introduced her to the game, and she was hooked.
By the time she was clearing Form Four in 2009, Gladys had been enlisted in the Under-20 national handball team. She remembers playing in Rwanda with the team in 2010 and was called up to the national team in 2011.
Handball has not only given Gladys a job but has also influenced the trajectory of her life. In 2012, she was signed up as a player for the Nairobi Water handball queens club, which is sponsored by the Nairobi Water Company. As part of her role-playing for the club, she was employed as a finance assistant by the company.
As the current club captain, Gladys interacts with other people and is more physically fit today than at any other time. She has a bachelor's degree in Health Records and Information management from Kenyatta University and is currently studying for a Master's in Public Health at the University of Nairobi.
Her mother, who played hockey in high school, approves of her current sporting career, but her father wants her to pursue academic careers instead. Gladys says she might end up working as a researcher someday, but handball will always be a hobby.
Published on November 1, 2019, at 10:15:30 AM.
