Daenan Gyimah
| Daenan Gyimah | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | Kofi | ||||
| Born | 16 January 1998 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | ||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 380 cm (12 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Block | 339 cm (11 ft 1 in) | ||||
| College / University | UCLA | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Middle blocker | ||||
| Current club | LKPS Lublin | ||||
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Daenan "Kofi" Gyimah (born 16 January 1998) is a Canadian professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for LKPS Lublin and the Canada national team.
Career
Club
Gyimah attended the University of California, Los Angeles, playing for the UCLA Bruins from 2016 to 2020.[1] In 2018, he helped the Bruins to the NCAA national final, and was named to the all-tournament team.[2]
After a three-year haitus from volleyball, Gyimah joined Finnish professional club Hurrikaani Loimaa in December 2023.[3] For the 2024–2025 season, Gyimah played with Arago de Sète in the French Ligue A.[4]
In 2025, Gyimah signed for Polish club LKPS Lublin.[5]
National team
Gyimah played for the U21 national team in 2016 and 2017.[6][7]
He was first named to the Senior national team in 2019 for Volleyball Nations League.[8] Following a hiatus from volleyball, Gyimah rejoined the national team in 2024.
In 2025, Gyimah represented Canada at the 2025 FIVB World Championship.[9]
Personal life
Gyimah was born and raised in Scarborough to a Ghanaian father and Canadian mother. Gyimah started playing volleyball in the ninth grade after watching his older sister, Aja, play.[10]
Gyimah has also pursued a musical career as a rapper, singer, and producer under his stage name Kofi.[11] He signed a music contract with Red Bull Records in 2020 and took a break from volleyball to focus on his music career.[4]
Honours
College
Club
- Domestic
- 2025–26 Polish SuperCup, with Bogdanka LUK Lublin
- 2025–26 Polish Cup, with Bogdanka LUK Lublin
References
- ^ "Daenan Gyimah - Men's Volleyball - UCLA Athletics". UCLA Athletics.
- ^ "No. 3 UCLA Falls Just Short in National Title Match". 5 May 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ Lambert, Blair (7 February 2024). "Men's pro volleyball report: Michelau, Petty, Gooch, Direitto, Gyimah faring well in Finland". Volleyball Mag. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Kofi Gyimah « Le volley et la musique sont les deux composantes complémentaires de ma vie »". aragpdesete.fr (in French). 8 January 2025. Archived from the original on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "Daenan Gyimah nowym środkowym BOGDANKI LUK Lublin!". llkpslublin.pl. 26 June 2025. Archived from the original on 26 June 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "Team Roster – Canada" (PDF). Retrieved September 16, 2025.
- ^ "Team Roster – Canada".
- ^ "Team Roster – Canada – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ^ "Player Bio - GYIMAH". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ Silver, Mathew (8 February 2020). "A Volleyball Star Who Raps as Kofi". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ Harris, Remi Louis (1 August 2020). "Budding Toronto producer & artist Kofi talks new EP & "Babygirl" single". Hip hop Canada. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
External links
- Daenan Gyimah at Volleybox
- Daenan Gyimah at Volleyball Canada