{{Short description|Kenyan marathon runner (born 1973)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} '''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,<ref name=IT/> and also has 2 daughters.<ref name=LA/>
==Career== Kutol won the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale in 1998, one second off the course record.<ref name=Hist>[http://www.marseille-cassis.com/la-course/historique/ Historique Il était une fois …] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416172009/http://www.marseille-cassis.com/la-course/historique/ |date=2009-04-16 }} {{in lang|fr}}. Marseille-Cassis. Retrieved on 2009-10-22.</ref> 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|date=June 2020}}
In 2000, Kutol won the Venice Marathon,<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/10/23/new-citizen-breaks-record-in-chicago/| title=New citizen breaks record in Chicago| work=Tampa Bay Times| date=23 October 2000| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> the first competitive marathon that she had run.<ref name=LA>{{cite news| url= https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/svetlana-zakharova-jagt-den-streckenrekord| title= Svetlana Zakharova jagt den Streckenrekord| work=Leicht Athletik| language=de| date=6 September 2007| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> In 2001, Kutol came second in a {{cvt|5.65|km}} race in San Sebastián, Spain.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-championships/40th-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-2-5096/news/amp/chebii-turns-on-the-speed-in-spain-again| title= CHEBII TURNS ON THE SPEED IN SPAIN AGAIN| work=World Athletics| date=29 January 2001| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> In the same year, she came second in the Paris Marathon, losing in a sprint by one second to fellow Kenyan Florence Barsosio.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/09/sports/plus-running-kenyan-men-sweep-paris-marathon.html| title= Kenyan Men Sweep Paris Marathon| work=The New York Times| date=9 April 2001| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise-95/les-kenyans-intouchables-09-04-2001-2002088404.php| title= Les Kényans intouchables| language=fr| work=Le Parisien| date=9 April 2001| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref>
In 2003, Kutol won the Madrid and Venice Marathons.<ref name=IT>{{cite news| url= https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/kenya-s-kutol-kicks-back-record-1.387323| title= Kenya's Kutol kicks back record| newspaper=The Irish Times| date=28 October 2003| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref name=IT/><ref>{{cite news| url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/3218857.stm| title= Kenyan victories in Dublin Marathon| work=BBC Sport| date=27 October 2003| access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref> Her record time stood until 2010, when it was beaten by Russian Tatyana Aryasova.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.the42.ie/participation-and-speed-records-broken-at-dublin-marathon-38598-Oct2010/| title= Participation – and speed – records broken at Dublin Marathon| work=The42| date=25 October 2010| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> In 2004, Kutol won the Paris Half Marathon in a time of 1:11:13.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.liberation.fr/sports/2004/03/08/carton-plein-pour-les-kenyans_471632| title= Carton plein pour les Kényans| language=fr| work=Libération| date=8 March 2002| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref>
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.<ref name=LA/><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.tout-luxembourg.com/marathon-ing.php| title= Marathon ING| language=fr| work=Tous Luxembourg| date=23 May 2007| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> In 2010, Kutol won the Tallinn Marathon.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://lounapostimees.postimees.ee/311874/pavel-loskutov-saavutas-tallinna-maratonil-kolmanda-koha| title=Pavel Loskutov saavutas Tallinna Maratonil kolmanda koha| language=et| work=Lõuna-Eesti Postimees| date=12 September 2010| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> In 2011, she came third at the Kuala Lumpur Marathon.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.mstar.com.my/sukan/2011/06/26/pelari-kenya-kuasai-kl-maraton| title= Pelari Kenya Kuasai KL Maraton| language=ms| work=MStar| date=26 June 2011| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref> In 2012, she came 21st overall and second woman at the February Bangkok Marathon, which had been postponed from 2011 due to flooding.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.planete-marathon.fr/Resultats_course.php?epreuve=BANG&edition=BANG2011| title= Marathon de Bangkok (Thaïlande)| language=fr| publisher=Planete Marathon| date=12 February 2012| accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://archivio.podisti.it/2012/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12568:notizie-internazionali&catid=11:news&Itemid=93| title= Notizie internazionali| language=it| work=Podisti| date=17 February 2012| access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}} |- |1998 |Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale |Marseille, France |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half Marathon |1:10:33 |- |2000 |Venice Marathon |Venice, Italy |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:28.16<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/RECORDSMARATHON.txt |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-04-22 |archive-date=2007-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129020752/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/RECORDSMARATHON.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |2001 |Paris Marathon |Paris, France |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |2:27:54<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruth Jepkoech Kutol |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/ruth-kutol-14289215 |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|2003 |Madrid Marathon |Madrid, Spain |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:34:41<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yellowchip.com/mapoma2003/Res2003gFlat.htm |title=26 Maratón Popular de Madrid - 27-abril-2003 |website=www.yellowchip.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030628064750/http://www.yellowchip.com/mapoma2003/Res2003gFlat.htm |archive-date=2003-06-28}}</ref> |- |Dublin Marathon |Dublin, Ireland |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:27:22 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishrunner.com/dcm03.html |title=2003 Dublin City Marathon Results |accessdate=2006-12-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512095535/http://www.irishrunner.com/dcm03.html |archivedate=2006-05-12 }} time 2:27:22, personal best & event record</ref> |- |2004 |Paris Half Marathon |Paris, France |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:11:13 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/HP_ParisHM.htm|title=Paris Half-Marathon|website=www.arrs.run|accessdate=6 May 2023}}</ref> |- |2007 |Luxembourg Marathon |Luxembourg |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:41:26 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kutol, Ruth}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Kenyan women long-distance runners Category:Kenyan women cross country runners Category:Athletes from Eldoret