Paul Ruto

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Paul Ruto
Medal record

Men's athletics
World Championships
Gold	1993 Stuttgart	800 m

Paul Ruto (born November 3, 1960) is a former Kenyan 800 metres runner who won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. Ruto took the lead in the first lap and kept it until the end. He was used to front-running, as earlier in his career, he had been employed as a pacemaker at international meetings.

References

Paul Ruto profile at IAAF

v t e World Champions in Men's 800 m

1983: Willi Wülbeck (FRG) 1987: Billy Konchellah (KEN) 1991: Billy Konchellah (KEN) 1993: Paul Ruto (KEN) 1995: Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1997: Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1999: Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 2001: André Bucher (SUI) 2003: Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG) 2005: Rashid Ramzi (BHR) 2007: Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN) 2009: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) 2011: David Rudisha (KEN) 2013: Mohammed Aman (ETH)

Persondata
Name	Ruto, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	Kenyan distance runner
Date of birth	November 3, 1960
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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