Ruth Kutol

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

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

Career

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.

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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
  1. "Kenya's Kutol kicks back record". The Irish Times. 28 October 2003. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "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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