Ruth Waithera

Ruth Waithera
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ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
mba o sịKenya Dezie
aha enyereRuth Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya17 Ọgọọst 1958 Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụasọmpi egwuregwu Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọUniversity of Arizona Dezie
ụdị egwuregwuegwuregwu Dezie
ịdọ aka ná ntị egwuregwu asọmpi200 metres Dezie
so na1984 Summer Olympics Dezie

Ruth Waithera Nganga (amụrụ n'abalị iri na asaa n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1958) bụ onye na-agba ọsọ lara ezumike nká na Kenya.

Waithera meriri ọla nchara karịa mita 200 na egwuregwu All-Africa nke 1978 na 1979 African Championships. Waithera meriri ugboro abụọ na asọmpi sprint atọ (100, 200 na 400 mita) na East na Central African Championships; na 1977 na 1979.[1]

O sonyere na 1984 Summer Olympics, na-emecha nke 8 na 400 mita ọsọ wee ruo 200 mita semifinals.[2] Ọ ghọrọ nwanyị Afrịka mbụ ruru mita 400 nke ikpeazụ n'egwuregwu Olympic.[3] N'oge ahụ ọ na-agụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum nke Arizona ma merie NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Championship na mita 400 na 1984. Na 2004 Kenya championships ọ meriri atọ n'otu n'otu; 100, 200 na 400 mita.[4]

Waithera ka nwere ihe ndekọ 400 mita nke ụmụ nwanyị Kenya, 51.56, nke e debere na 1984. N'afọ 2008, Elizabeth Muthuka mebiri ihe ndekọ ahụ, mana a nwalere ya maka ọgwụ doping. N'ihi ya, ihe ndekọ Waithera ka dị. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 2008, Waithera ka bụ nwanyị Kenya kachasị ọhụrụ na-asọ mpi mita 400 na Olimpik.[5] Waithera bụ onye na-edekọ ihe ndekọ Afrịka karịa mita 400.[6]

Waithera si n'obodo Shamata. Ọ bụ onye otu Kenya Air Force. O guzobere Avenue Sports Club na 1998 iji nye ụmụaka na-enweghị nne na nna ohere inwe ọrụ na egwuregwu.[3] N'afọ 1990, e nyere ya onye otu Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.[7]

E kwesịghị ịgbagwoju ya anya na onye Kenya na-agba ọsọ steeplechase, amụrụ na 1990, onye aha ya bụkwa Ruth Waithera.[8]

Ihe ndị ọ rụzuru

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Representing Templeeti:KEN
1979 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 3rd 200 m 24.66 s

Ihe odide

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  1. ↑ gbrathletics.com: EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
  2. ↑ Ruth Waithera Bio, Stats, and Results (en). Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved on 2018-05-03.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Women's eNews, October 24, 2006: Kenya's Fast Women Are Also Off-Track Champions
  4. ↑ Gbrathletics.com KENYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
  5. ↑ IAAF, July 2, 2008: Kenyan Olympic Trials - PREVIEW
  6. ↑ Africanpath.com, July 1, 2008: Kenya: The Komarock Community Development Network
  7. ↑ ARIZONA SPORTS HALL OF FAME MEMBERS. Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved on 2022-06-21.
  8. ↑ IAAF, June 29, 2006: IAAF profile for Ruth Waithera (1990)

Njikọ mpụga

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  • Ruth Waithera at World Athletics