Ruth Chepng'etich

Ruth Chepng'etich, often spelt 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 all-time list. She holds the third-fastest mark of all time for the half marathon.

Ruth Chepng'etich
Chepng'etich at the 2021 Chicago Marathon
Personal information
Born (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994
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 best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 DohaMarathon
World Half Marathon Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 ValenciaTeam
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place2021 ChicagoMarathon
Gold medal – first place2022 ChicagoMarathon
Bronze medal – third place2020 LondonMarathon

She is related to Rosefline Chepngetich.

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, 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]

2019

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]

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.[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]

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.[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 intervalTimeSplit
5 km 15:1115:11
10 km 30:4015:29
15 km 46:1915:39
20 km 62:1015:51
Half 65:44(3:34)
25 km 1:18:0315:53
30 km 1:34:0115:58
35 km 1:50:2516:24
40 km 2:07:0216:37
Marathon 2:14:18(7:16)

Achievements

Personal bests
DistancePerformanceLocationDateNotes
5000 metres15:26.70Nairobi, Kenya9 April 2022
10,000 metres31:47.9hNairobi, Kenya26 April 2022
10 km30:29Manchester, United Kingdom22 May 2022(also 30:57 not legal)
Half marathon1:04:02Istanbul, Turkey4 April 2021Mx NR, 3rd of all time
Marathon2:14:18Chicago, United States9 October 20222nd of all time

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

National championships

References
  1. "Ruth CHEPNGETICH – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "2018 Istanbul Marathon". Podisti – Roberto Annoscia. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. "Ruth Chepngetich Smashes Istanbul Marathon Record with 2:18:35". Watch Athletics. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. "Ruth Chepngetich's amazing run at the 2018 Vodafome Istanbul Marathon". Run Blog Run. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. "Ruth Chepngetich shatters Dubai Marathon course record". Daily Nation. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. "Leichtathletik-WM: Chepngetich gewinnt langsamsten WM-Marathon - 28 Läuferinnen müssen aufgeben". Spiegel Online. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  7. "İstanbul Yarı Maratonu'nda dünya rekoru!". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 4 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. "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.
  10. 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.
  11. Whittington, Jess (13 March 2022). "Chepngetich runs 2:17:18 to win Nagoya Women's Marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  12. Henderson, Jason (9 October 2022). "Chepngetich goes No.2 all-time in Chicago Marathon". AW. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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