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Ruth Chepng'etich
Chepng'etich at the 2021 Chicago Marathon
Personal information
Born (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 30)
Kericho, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event(s)Half marathon, Marathon, 10 km
Turned pro2016
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha Marathon
World Half Marathon Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Valencia Team
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chicago Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2022 Chicago Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2024 Chicago Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2020 London Marathon

Ruth Chepng'etich (often spelled Ruth Chepngetich, born 8 August 1994)[1] is a Kenyan road runner who is the current world record holder in the marathon, with a time of 2:09:56 set at the 2024 Chicago Marathon.[2] Chepng'etich is the 2019 world champion in the marathon, and is a three time winner of the Chicago Marathon, having won in 2021, 2022 and 2024, where she set the world record.[3] She is the first woman to break the 2:11 and 2:10 barriers in the marathon, and also holds the third-fastest mark of all time for the half marathon, at 1 hour 4 minutes and 2 seconds.

Career

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.[4][5][6]

2019

At the 20th Dubai Marathon, Chepng'etich celebrated victory in a course record-breaking time of 2 hours, 17 minutes and 8 seconds.[7]

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.[8]

2020–21

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.[9][10]

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.[11]

2022–present

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.[12][13]

On 9 October, Chepng'etich 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.[14][11] Chepng'etich's split times:

Distance interval Time Split
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)

Marathon world record

On 13 October 2024, at the Chicago Marathon, Chepng'etich set a new world record in the marathon, with a time of 2:09:56, breaking Tigst Assefa's previous world record of 2:11:53 by almost two minutes. In setting this record, she became the first woman in history to break the 2:11 and 2:10 barriers in the marathon. Chepng'etich stated she dedicated her world record to compatriot and men's world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, who passed away in February 2024.[15]

Achievements

Personal bests

Distance Performance Location Date Notes
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 2:09:56 Chicago, United States 13 October 2024 Mx WR

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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
2024 Chicago Marathon Chicago, IL, United States 1st Marathon 2:09:57 WR
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

National championships

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ruth CHEPNGETICH – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ • (13 October 2024). "Ruth Chepngetich does something no other woman has done before in 2024 Chicago Marathon with likely world record finish". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 13 October 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  3. ^ "Ruth Chepngetich does something no other woman has done before in 2024 Chicago Marathon with likely world record finish". NBC Chicago. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ^ "2018 Istanbul Marathon". Podisti – Roberto Annoscia. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Ruth Chepngetich Smashes Istanbul Marathon Record with 2:18:35". Watch Athletics. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Ruth Chepngetich's amazing run at the 2018 Vodafome Istanbul Marathon". Run Blog Run. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Ruth Chepngetich shatters Dubai Marathon course record". Daily Nation. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Leichtathletik-WM: Chepngetich gewinnt langsamsten WM-Marathon - 28 Läuferinnen müssen aufgeben". Spiegel Online. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  9. ^ "İstanbul Yarı Maratonu'nda dünya rekoru!". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 4 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  10. ^ Snider-McGrath, Ben (4 April 2021). "Ruth Chepngetich runs 1:04:02, breaks half-marathon world record in Istanbul". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Ruth Chepngetich Runs 2:14:18 to Win 2022 Chicago Marathon after Crazy 65:44 First Half". LetsRun.com. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  12. ^ Dickinson, Marley (1 October 2021). "Nagoya Women's Marathon now offers the most prize money of any race". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  13. ^ Whittington, Jess (13 March 2022). "Chepngetich runs 2:17:18 to win Nagoya Women's Marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  14. ^ Henderson, Jason (9 October 2022). "Chepngetich goes No.2 all-time in Chicago Marathon". AW. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  15. ^ • (13 October 2024). "Ruth Chepngetich does something no other woman has done before in 2024 Chicago Marathon with likely world record finish". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 13 October 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
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Records
Preceded by Women's Half marathon World record holder
4 April 2021 – 24 October 2021 		Succeeded by
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