Rose Tata-Muya

Rose Tata-Muya (born 12 June 1960) is a retired runner from Kenya who specialised mainly in the 400m hurdles. She won medals at the continental level and competed at the Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

Career

Tata-Muya was only 13 when she participated in her first international championships, the 1974 Commonwealth Games, where she achieved two 8th places: in the 800 metres race and as a part of the Kenyan 4×400 metres relay team. Four years later, she took part again at the Commonwealth Games reaching 800 metres semifinals. She is also a 400 m hurdles bronze medalist from the 1982 African Championships. She was the only Kenyan woman athlete in Helsinki, and is thus the first Kenyan woman to compete at the world championships.

At the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi, she won silver over 400 m hurdles. The same year she took part at the 1987 world championships, where she reached the 400 metres hurdles semifinals. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, but did not get past 400 metres heats. Two years later she made her last Commonwealth games appearance, finishing 9th in the 400 m hurdles.

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