Ruth Kutol

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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.

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Personal life

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1998 Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale Marseille, France 1stHalf Marathon1:10:33
2000 Venice Marathon Venice, Italy 1stMarathon2:28.16 [16]
2001 Paris Marathon Paris, France 2ndMarathon2:27:54 [17]
2003 Madrid Marathon Madrid, Spain 1stMarathon2:34:41 [18]
Dublin Marathon Dublin, Ireland 1stMarathon2:27:22 [19]
2004 Paris Half Marathon Paris, France 1stHalf marathon1:11:13 [20]
2007 Luxembourg Marathon Luxembourg 1stMarathon2:41:26

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