Ruth Kutol

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Ruth Jepkoech Kutol (born 16 May 1973) is a Kenyan long-distance and marathon runner. She won the 2000 Venice Marathon, 2003 Madrid, Venice and Dublin Marathons, 2007 Luxembourg Marathon, and 2010 Tallinn Marathon.

Personal life[edit]

Kutol is from Eldoret, Kenya. She has six sisters and two brothers,[1] and also has a daughter.[2]

Career[edit]

Kutol won the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale in 1998, one second off the course record.[3] At the 2000 World Cross Country Championships she finished tenth in the long race, while the Kenyan team of which Kutol was a part won the silver medal in the team competition.[citation needed]

In 2000, Kutol won the Venice Marathon,[4] the first competitive marathon that she had run.[2] In 2001, Kutol came second in a 5.65 km (3.51 mi) race in San Sebastián, Spain.[5] In the same year, she came second in the Paris Marathon, losing in a sprint by one second to fellow Kenyan Florence Barsosio.[6][7]

In 2003, Kutol won the Madrid and Venice Marathons.[1] Later in the year, she won the Dublin Marathon in a record time of 2:27.22, which was over five minutes faster than her previous best.[1][8] Her record time stood until 2010, when it was beaten by Russian Tatyana Aryasova.[9] In 2004, Kutol won the Paris Half Marathon in a time of 1:11:13.[10]

Kutol took a two-year break from competition in order to have a baby, and returned in 2007. In that year, she won the Luxembourg Marathon in a time of 2:41:26.[2][11] In 2010, Kutol won the Tallinn Marathon.[12] In 2011, she came third at the Kuala Lumpur Marathon.[13] In 2012, she came 21st overall and second woman at the February Bangkok Marathon, which had been postponed from 2011 due to flooding.[14][15]

Achievements[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Kenya
1998 Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale Marseille, France 1st Half Marathon 1:10:33
2000 Venice Marathon Venice, Italy 1st Marathon 2:28.16[16]
2001 Paris Marathon Paris, France 2nd Marathon 2:27:54[17]
2003 Madrid Marathon Madrid, Spain 1st Marathon 2:34:41[18]
Dublin Marathon Dublin, Ireland 1st Marathon 2:27:22 [19]
2004 Paris Half Marathon Paris, France 1st Half marathon 1:11:13 [20]
2007 Luxembourg Marathon Luxembourg 1st Marathon 2:41:26

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Kenya's Kutol kicks back record". The Irish Times. 28 October 2003. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Svetlana Zakharova jagt den Streckenrekord". Leicht Athletik (in German). 6 September 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ^ Historique Il était une fois … Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Marseille-Cassis. Retrieved on 2009-10-22.
  4. ^ "New citizen breaks record in Chicago". Tampa Bay Times. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. ^ "CHEBII TURNS ON THE SPEED IN SPAIN AGAIN". World Athletics. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Kenyan Men Sweep Paris Marathon". The New York Times. 9 April 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Les Kényans intouchables". Le Parisien (in French). 9 April 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Kenyan victories in Dublin Marathon". BBC Sport. 27 October 2003. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Participation – and speed – records broken at Dublin Marathon". The42. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Carton plein pour les Kényans". Libération (in French). 8 March 2002. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Marathon ING". Tous Luxembourg (in French). 23 May 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Pavel Loskutov saavutas Tallinna Maratonil kolmanda koha". Lõuna-Eesti Postimees (in Estonian). 12 September 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Pelari Kenya Kuasai KL Maraton". MStar (in Malay). 26 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Marathon de Bangkok (Thaïlande)" (in French). Planete Marathon. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Notizie internazionali". Podisti (in Italian). 17 February 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "Ruth Jepkoech Kutol". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  18. ^ "26 Maratón Popular de Madrid - 27-abril-2003". www.yellowchip.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2003.
  19. ^ "2003 Dublin City Marathon Results". Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2006. time 2:27:22, personal best & event record
  20. ^ "Paris Half-Marathon". www.arrs.run. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

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