Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - He mema a Rudisha no te rōpū iwi Maasai i Kenya. Ko tōna pāpā, ko Raniera Rudisha, he kaiwhakataetae i mua, i riro i a ia te mētara hiriwa i te 1968 Olympics
hei waahanga o te roopu relay 4 × 400 m o Kenya, i te mea ko tana whaea a Naomi he 400 m hurdler o mua. Kua marenatia ia ki a Lizzy Naanyu me nga tamahine tokorua (mai i te 2015). I kii a Tom Fordyce o te BBC mo ia, "Ko ia te kaiwhakataetae 800m nui rawa atu o nga wa katoa, a ko ia pea te tangata tino pai i roto i tana hakinakina".