Helen Moros

Helen Moros

Personal information
Born	(1967-11-02)2 November 1967
Died	6 February 2003(2003-02-06) (aged 35) Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Long-distance running
Event	1990 Commonwealth Games
Club	Owairaka[1]
Achievements and titles
National finals	10,000 m champion (1993)

Helen Moros (2 November 1967 – 6 February 2003) was a New Zealand long-distance runner.^[2] In 1993, she won the 10,000 metres New Zealand national title in Wellington, recording a time of 32:32.24.^[1] She competed in the marathon event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, placing seventh.^[3] Also in 1990, she placed third and fourth at the Los Angeles and Chicago marathons, respectively.^[4] Moros was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.^[5]

Outside of athletics, Moros was a schoolteacher.^[6]

On Waitangi Day 2003, Moros died at age 35 after collapsing at her home in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington home. Having lived with anorexia since her adolescence,^[7] her death was reported to have been caused by a heart attack. Her funeral was held in Auckland on 10 February 2003.^[1][6]

References

1. "Helen Moros dead at age 35". The New Zealand Herald. 7 February 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
2. "Helen Moros". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
3. "Helen Moros". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
4. "Runner: Helen Moros". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
5. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 272. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
6. "Iron will to win brings tragic end". The New Zealand Herald. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
7. "Treading a thin line". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 June 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2021.