Paul Ruto

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

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{{MedalGold|1993 Stuttgart|800 m}}

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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.