{{short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ruti Aga | birth_name = | image = Ruti Aga - Tokyo Marathon 2019 Runner (46539748864) (cropped) (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 160px | caption = Ruti Aga – Tokyo Marathon (2019) | nationality = Ethiopian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = Ethiopia | sport = Athletics | event = Marathon, Half marathon | club = | turnedpro = 2016 | worlds = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{ETH}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2012 Barcelona|5000 m}} {{Medal|Competition|African U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2013 Bambous|5000 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Marathon Majors}} {{Medal|Gold|2019 Tokyo|Marathon}} {{Medal|Silver|2017 Berlin|Marathon}} {{Medal|Silver|2018 Tokyo|Marathon}} {{Medal|Silver|2018 Berlin|Marathon}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Berlin|Marathon}} {{Medal|Bronze|2019 New York|Marathon}} }}
'''Ruti Aga''' (born 16 January 1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/ruti-aga-271521 |title=Ruti Aga |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=28 September 2019}}</ref> is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the women's race at the 2019 Tokyo Marathon and secured five other top three finishes at the World Marathon Majors.
In 2012, Aga won the silver medal in the women's 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Barcelona, Spain.<ref name="facts_figures_eugene_world_junior_championships_2014">{{Cite web|title=Facts & Figures|url=https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404224742/https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|website=Eugene 2014 – IAAF World Junior Championships}}</ref> In 2013, she finished in fifth place in the junior women's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships staged in Bydgoszcz, Poland.<ref name="junior_women_race_world_cross_country_championships_2013">{{Cite web|title=Results|url=https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/5096/AT-XJ-W-f----.RS6.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906170740/https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/5096/AT-XJ-W-f----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=6 September 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|website=2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships}}</ref> The same year, she won the gold medal in the women's 5000 metres at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships in Bambous, Mauritius.
Aga competed in the women's marathon event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-W-f----.SL2.pdf |title=Marathon Women - Final |work=IAAF (Doha 2019) |accessdate=28 September 2019}}</ref>
==Personal bests== * 5000 metres – 15:13.48 (Shanghai 2013) * 10,000 metres – 33:38.39 (Addis Ababa 2013) ;Road * 5 kilometres – 15:46 (Rennes 2014) * 10 kilometres – 31:35 (Tilburg 2012) * Half marathon – 1:06:39 (Houston, TX 2018) * Marathon – 2:18:34 (Berlin 2018)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aga, Ruti}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Ethiopian women long-distance runners Category:Ethiopian women marathon runners Category:Ethiopian women cross country runners Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Category:Tokyo Marathon women winners Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub}}