Evans Rutto

His first major competition was the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and he finished in fifth place in the long race and helped secure a dominant Kenyan finish in the team competition. Rutto became an elite runner at the 10k to half marathon distances: he won the 2001 Beach to Beacon race and was the top Kenyan finisher at the 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships with a run of 1:00:43 for sixth place.

He moved up to the marathon in 2003 and won the Chicago Marathon with a record debut time of 2:05:50, making him the fourth-fastest marathoner ever at the time (after Paul Tergat, Sammy Korir and Khalid Khannouchi).{{cite news|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/rutto-makes-20550-debut-in-chicago|title=Rutto makes 2:05:50 debut in Chicago|publisher=IAAF|date=13 October 2003|access-date=25 April 2016}} This was the fastest-ever time for a marathon debut and remains so[https://www.arrs.run/trivia_marathon.php Marathon trivia]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 30 April 2010. – it also remains his personal best time.

He opened his 2004 season with a win at the London Marathon, beating Sammy Korir to the finish by half a minute.{{cite news|last=Frank|first=Bob|date=18 April 2004|title=Okayo and Rutto make it a Kenyan double in the London Marathon|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/okayo-and-rutto-make-it-a-kenyan-double-in-th-1|publisher=IAAF|access-date=25 April 2016}} He returned to the Chicago course in October and defended his title with a winning time of 2:06:16 – over a minute and a half ahead of runner-up Daniel Njenga. These two times placed Rutto at the top two spots on the season's fastest marathons list for 2004.[https://www.arrs.run/YR_Mara.htm Yearly Rankings- Marathon]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

His 2005 performances were considerably less successful as he only managed tenth place at the London Marathon, losing his unbeaten record of three straight victories.{{cite news|last=Frank|first=Bob|date=17 April 2005|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/radcliffe-powers-to-third-london-win-in-21742|title=Radcliffe powers to third London win in 2:17:42|publisher=IAAF|access-date=25 April 2016}} His fastest time of the year, 2:07:28, was only enough to bring him fourth at the Chicago Marathon.{{cite news |last=Ferstle |first=Jim |date=9 October 2005 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=32292.html |title=Limo and Kastor secure victories in Chicago |publisher=IAAF |access-date=30 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025091546/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D2/newsId%3D32292.html |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} At the 2006 London Marathon he was in tenth place again and appeared in agony at the end of the race.{{cite news |last=Downes |first=Steven |date=23 April 2006 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=34357.html |title=Limo wins 'brain game', Kastor fourth fastest ever - London Marathon |publisher=IAAF |access-date=30 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025091617/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D2/newsId%3D34357.html |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Rutto took time out from competitive running after a disappointing 2006, due to injury and personal problems.{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}}

He trains with Kimbia Athletics and is coached by Dieter Hogen. Rutto is married with three children, Winnie, Dennis, and Dieter (after Coach Dieter Hogen) (as of 2005). His father Kilimo Yano was also a runner, whose personal best at 10,000 metres was 29 minutes.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} He won the 2014 Mumbai Marathon{{cite news|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/mumbai-marathon-2014-evans-ruto-wins-mens-title-dinknesh-mekash-bags-womens-crown-123737.html|title=Evans, Mekash Win Mumbai Marathon 2014|work=India Times|date=19 January 2014|access-date=20 January 2014}} losing out on the course record by one second and a US$15,000 bonus for it.{{cite news|work=DNA|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-mumbai-marathon-1-second15000-1953837|last=Mehta|first=Rutvick|title= Mumbai Marathon: 1 second=$15,000|date=20 January 2014|access-date=20 January 2014}}

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

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• {{World Athletics}}
• [http://marathoninfo.free.fr/athletes/rutto_evans.htm Marathoninfo profile]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106185432/http://www.kimbia.net/athletes/rutto/ Kimbia Athletics]
• [https://archive.today/20130418194148/http://blip.tv/file/403881 Video interview]

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