Ka cika wannan magana: Rudisha 'yar ƙabilar Maasai ce a Kenya. Mahaifinsa, Daniel Rudisha, tsohon mai tsere ne wanda ya lashe lambar azurfa a gasar
Wasannin Olympics na 1968 a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar relay na 4 × 400 na Kenya, yayin da mahaifiyarsa Naomi ta kasance tsohuwar mai tsere na mita 400. Ya auri Lizzy Naanyu tare da 'ya'ya mata biyu (a cikin 2015). Tom Fordyce na BBC ya ce game da shi, "Shi ne mafi girma 800m mai gudu na duk lokacin da kuma ya iya kuma zama mafi kyau mutum a cikin wasanni".