| Intro | Kenyan distance runner | ||||
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Athlete Runner Middle-distance runner |
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| From | Kenya | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 3 November 1960 | ||||
| Age: | 59 years | ||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||
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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.