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