Bahraini steeplechase and long-distance runner of Kenyan descent
Ruth Jebet
Personal information
Nationality
Bahraini
Born
(1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 (age 27) Kenya
Height
1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight
51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event
Steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best
3000 m steeplechase: 8:52.78
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
3000 m steeplechase
World Junior Championships
2014 Oregon
3000 m steeplechase
Asian Championships
2013 Pune
3000 m steeplechase
Ruth Jebet (born 17 November 1996) is a Kenyan-born long-distance runner and steeplechase specialist who competes internationally for Bahrain. She was the world record holder and was the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase, both achieved before turning 20. In 2018 she was suspended for testing positive for EPO.
RuthJebet (born 17 November 1996) is a Kenyan-born long-distance runner and steeplechase specialist who competes internationally for Bahrain. She was...
event in the Olympics, plus Kenyan-born and still resident, 2016 champion RuthJebet switched allegiance to Bahrain for financial reasons. She has been banned...
throws would have been sufficient to win. Another record was in sight for RuthJebet in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase, though she missed the mark by...
Olympics, two Kenyan women got Bahrain's first gold and silver medals, RuthJebet in the 3000m steeplechase and Eunice Kirwa in the marathon. At the 2008...
time of 9:21.21 in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase in a race where RuthJebet set an Asian area record and Emma Coburn set North American Area record...
Ayalew, the world's number one steeplechase runner in 2014. Bahrain's RuthJebet finished third. In 2015, Coburn's indoor mile ranked 28th in the world...
2018, Bahraini steeplechase and 3000m steeplechase world record holder RuthJebet tested positive for EPO and in the 4th of March, she was suspended for...
off Yordanka Donkova's world record from 1988 and a NACAC area record. RuthJebet of Bahrain became the second woman to finish the steeplechase in under...
runner Ruth Chebet (born 1996), Kenyan-born long-distance runner for Bahrain Wilson Chebet (born 1985), Kenyan professional road runner Florence Jebet Kiplagat...
steeplechase 5:54.16+ RuthJebet Bahrain 27 August 2016 Meeting Areva Saint-Denis, France 3000 m steeplechase 8:52.78 RuthJebet Bahrain 27 August 2016...
Brought Under the Anti-Doping Rules Against Violah Jepchumba" (PDF). "RuthJebet: Olympic champion among 120 doping cases revealed by Athletics Integrity...
after he tested positive for the blood-booster CERA. Furthermore, athlete RuthJebet won the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2016 Summer Olympics prior...
authorities". BBC Sport. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018. "RuthJebet: Olympic champion among 120 doping cases revealed by Athletics Integrity...
history. These medals were awarded to Bahrain's first ever Olympic champion RuthJebet in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, and Kirwa, who earned a silver in...
which included the world record holder and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, RuthJebet, the defending champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist, Hyvin Jepkemoi...
was upgraded to gold, for one year Bahrain's first gold medalist was RuthJebet, winning the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase in 2016. Snider-McGrath...
on YouTube). She beat the mark of 8:52.78 set by Kenyan-born-Bahraini RuthJebet in 2016. Chepkoech then claimed the gold medal in the event at the African...
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