Ruth Chepng'etich
Chepng'etich at the 2021 Chicago Marathon | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 August 1994 Kericho, Rift Valley Province, Kenya |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Half marathon, Marathon, 10 km |
| Turned pro | 2016 |
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Ruth Chepng'etich (often spelled Ruth Chepngetich, born 8 August 1994) is a Kenyan road runner who is the current women's world record holder in the marathon, with a time of 2:09:56 set at the 2024 Chicago Marathon. She 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. Chepng'etich is the first woman to break the 2:11 and 2:10 barriers in the marathon, and also holds the sixth-fastest women's mark of all time for the half marathon, at 1 hour 4 minutes and 2 seconds which was at lstanbul Half-Marathon.