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About Ruth Waithera
- Ruth Waithera Nganga (born August 17, 1958) is a retired sprinter from Kenya. Waithera won bronze over 200 metres at the 1978 All-Africa games and 1979 African Championships.
- Waithera won twice three sprint events (100, 200 and 400 meters) at the East and Central African Championships; in 1977 and 1979.She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing 8th in 400 metres race and reaching 200 metres semifinals.
- She became the first African woman to reach 400 metres Olympic final.
- At the time she was studying at the University Of Arizona and she won NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Championship in 400 metres in 1984.
- At the 2004 Kenyan championships she won three individual gold medals; 100, 200 and 400 metres.Waithera still holds the Women's 400 metres Kenyan record, 51.56, set in 1984.
- In 2008 Elizabeth Muthuka broke the record, but tested positive for doping.
- Thus Waithera's record remains in force.
- As of 2008, Waithera remains also the latest Kenyan woman to compete 400 metres at the Olympics.
- Waithera is a former African record holder over 400 metres.Waithera is from Shamata village.
- She was a member of the Kenya Air Force.
- She established the Avenue Sports Club in 1998 to give orphan children an opportunity to have a career in athletics.
- In 1990 she was awarded a membership of the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.She is not to be confused with a Kenyan steeplechase runner, born in 1990, who is also named Ruth Waithera.
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