Personal information | |
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Born | Kericho, Rift Valley Province, Kenya | 8 August 1994
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
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Country | Kenya |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Half marathon, Marathon, 10 km |
Turned pro | 2016 |
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Personal bests | |
Medal record |
Ruth Chepng'etich, often spelled Ruth Chepngetich, (born 8 August 1994) [1] is a Kenyan road racing athlete, who competes in the marathon and other long distance events. She was the 2019 Marathon World champion in hot and humid conditions. Chepng'etich twice won the Chicago Marathon, in 2021 and 2022. Her personal best in the marathon sits second on the world's all-time list. She holds the third-fastest mark of all time for the half marathon.
She is related to Rosefline Chepngetich.
In 2018, Ruth Chepng'etich won the women's only road race at the 40th Istanbul Marathon (World Athletics Label Road Race). She ran 2:18:35 (31:59 – 10 km, 48:15 – 15 km, 1:08:22 – Half marathon, 1:37:42 – 30 km), a race record, the best performance ever on Turkish soil, and the seventh best time in history, becoming the 10th athlete of all time to go below 2:19 and 30th under 2:20. [2] [3] [4]
At the 20th Dubai Marathon, Chepng'etich celebrated victory in a course record-breaking time of 2 hours, 17 minutes and 8 seconds. [5]
She ran the then-20th fastest Half marathon of all-time at the Bahrain Night Half Marathon in a time of 66m 9s.
Chepng'etich achieved the then-12th fastest Half marathon of all-time at the Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon with a 65m 30s clocking.
On 28 September, she won the world title during the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, clocking 2:32.43 after a start at midnight during very hot and humid conditions. The silver medal went to Rose Chelimo representing Bahrain with 2:33:46, and bronze to Namibia's 39-year-old Helalia Johannes with 2:34:15. Chepng'etich's time was the slowest world championship winning time so far. The second slowest happened in 2007 when Catherine Ndereba won in 2:30.37 in Osaka. Only 40 out of 68 starters finished the race in Doha. [6]
On 4 October, she finished third in London Marathon. [1]
On 4 April 2021, Chepng'etich set a half marathon world record of 1:04:02 at the Istanbul Half Marathon in Turkey, taking 29 seconds off the previous best set by Ababel Yeshaneh in 2020. [7] [8]
On 10 October, she took her first victory at a World Marathon Major by winning the 2021 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:22:31. [1] She went out fast (67:34 first half) and concluded very much slower (74:57), but stil won by nearly two minutes. [9]
On 13 March, Chepng'etich posted the second-fastest-ever women-only marathon time to win the Nagoya Women's Marathon in Japan (World Athletics Elite Platinum Label). She ran a negative split 2:17:18 (69:03 / 68:15), which being also the joint seventh-fastest time in history, and obviously a course record, gave her 87 seconds margin of victory. She won $250,000, which was the biggest official prize in professional running up to that point. [10] [11]
On 9 October, petite Kenyan successfully defended her Chicago title at the 2022 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:14:18, a personal best by almost three minutes, the second-fastest time in history, and just 14 seconds outside of compatriot Brigid Kosgei's world record (2:14:04). Chepng'etich ran most of the race well under world record pace as she went out very fast with first 10 miles (49:49) faster than the standing world best. She clocked first half in 65:44 before running her second half a lot slower (68:34). The win made her the first woman in history to break the 2:18 barrier on three separate occasions. [12] [9] Chepng'etich's split times:
Distance interval | Time | Split |
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5 km | 15:11 | 15:11 |
10 km | 30:40 | 15:29 |
15 km | 46:19 | 15:39 |
20 km | 62:10 | 15:51 |
Half | 65:44 | (3:34) |
25 km | 1:18:03 | 15:53 |
30 km | 1:34:01 | 15:58 |
35 km | 1:50:25 | 16:24 |
40 km | 2:07:02 | 16:37 |
Marathon | 2:14:18 | (7:16) |
Distance | Performance | Location | Date | Notes |
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5000 metres | 15:26.70 | Nairobi, Kenya | 9 April 2022 | |
10,000 metres | 31:47.9h | Nairobi, Kenya | 26 April 2022 | |
10 km | 30:29 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 22 May 2022 | (also 30:57 not legal) |
Half marathon | 1:04:02 | Istanbul, Turkey | 4 April 2021 | Mx NR, 3rd of all time |
Marathon | 2:14:18 | Chicago, United States | 9 October 2022 | 2nd of all time |
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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10 kilometres | |||||
2018 | Memorial Samuel Wanjiru 10 km | Nyahururu, Kenya | 2nd | 10 km | 33:09 |
Marathons representing Kenya | |||||
2017 | Istanbul Marathon | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | Marathon | 2:22:36 |
2018 | Paris Marathon | Paris, France | 2nd | Marathon | 2:22:59 |
Istanbul Marathon | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | Marathon | 2:18:35 CR | |
2019 | Dubai Marathon | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | Marathon | 2:17:08 |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | Marathon | 2:32:43 | |
2020 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | Marathon | 2:22:05 |
2021 | Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan | – | Marathon | DNF |
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, IL, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:22:31 | |
2022 | Nagoya Women's Marathon | Nagoya, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:17:18 CR |
World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | – | Marathon | DNF | |
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, IL, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:14:18 | |
2023 | Nagoya Women's Marathon | Nagoya, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:18:08 |
Half marathons representing Nike | |||||
2016 | Rabat Half Marathon | Rabat, Morocco | 4th | Half Marathon | 1:11:33 |
Nairobi Half Marathon | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | Half Marathon | 1:14:13 | |
2017 | Adana Half Marathon | Adana, Turkey | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:09:06 |
Paris Half Marathon | Paris, France | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:08:08 | |
Milano Half Marathon | Milano, Italy | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:07:42 | |
Istanbul Half Marathon | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:06:19 | |
Bogotá Half Marathon | Bogotá, Colombia | 3rd | Half Marathon | 1:13:57 | |
Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon | Lisbon, Portugal | 4th | Half Marathon | 1:10:33 | |
2018 | World Half Marathon Championships | Valencia, Spain | 13th | Half Marathon | 1:09:12 |
Copenhagen Half Marathon | Copenhagen, Denmark | 5th | Half Marathon | 1:07:02 | |
2019 | Bahrain Night Half Marathon | Manama, Bahrain | 2nd | Half Marathon | 1:06:09 |
Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:05:30 CR | |
Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon | Gifu, Japan | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:06:06 | |
Bogotá Half Marathon | Bogotá, Colombia | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:10:39 | |
2020 | Airtel Delhi Half Marathon | New Delhi, India | 2nd | Half marathon | 1:05:06 |
2021 | Istanbul Half Marathon | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | Half marathon | 1:04:02 WR |
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