Helen Moros | |
Nationality: | New Zealand |
Sport: | Long-distance running |
Event: | 1990 Commonwealth Games |
Club: | Owairaka |
Birth Date: | 2 November 1967 |
Death Place: | Mount Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand |
Helen Moros (2 November 1967 – 6 February 2003) was a New Zealand long-distance runner.[1] In 1993, she won the 10,000 metres New Zealand national title in Wellington, recording a time of 32:32.24. She competed in the marathon event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, placing seventh.[2] Also in 1990, she placed third and fourth at the Los Angeles and Chicago marathons, respectively.[3] Outside of athletics, Moros was a schoolteacher.
On Waitangi Day 2003, Moros died at age 35 after collapsing at her Mount Wellington home. Having lived with anorexia since her adolescence,[4] her death was reported to have been caused by a heart attack. Her funeral was held in Auckland on 10 February 2003.[5] [6]