Rose Tata-Muya (born 12 June 1960) is a retired runner from

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who specialised mainly in the

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. She won medals at the continental level and competed at the

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and

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Career

Tata-Muya was only 13 when she participated in her first international championships, the

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, where she achieved two 8th places: in the 800 metres race and as a part of the Kenyan 4×400 metres relay team.Commonwealth Games Federation
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reaching 800 metres semifinals. Tata-Muya got two silver medals from the 1979 African Championshionships (400 m hurdles and 800 m). She is also a 400 m hurdles bronze medalist from the 1982 African Championships. In 1980 she took various events at the

, the best result being 7th place with the Kenyan 4 × 400 m relay team. Her first global event were the inaugural world championships in 1983, where she did not get past

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heats She was the only Kenyan woman athlete in

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, and is thus the first Kenyan woman to compete at the world championships. At the

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, 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

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, 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. After retirement, she has served as a coach for the Kenyan team. She still takes veteran sports, as she competed at the 2007

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. She currently serves as the Masters Athletics Kenya Secretary General. She has been awarded the ''Order of the Grand Warrior of Kenya'' and the ''Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya'' decorations. She still holds the Kenyan 400 metres hurdles record (as of 2007).Lancashire Telegraph, September 27, 2007
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Achievements

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tata-Muya, Rose 1960 births Living people Kenyan female hurdlers Kenyan female middle-distance runners Kenyan female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya Olympic athletes for Kenya Recipients of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games