Ronald Kipchumba Rutto (born 8 October 1987 in Marakwet) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
He defeated Musa Amer Obaid with a sprint to the line to continue Kenya's undefeated streak in the competition.
[5] Rutto was third in the steeplechase at the 2005 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix and went on to beat Tariku Bekele at the Oeiras International Cross Country later that year,[6] taking his first win on the senior cross country circuit.
[8] He continued running in the steeplechase, and also in the 3000 metres flat, over the next four years but he saw little improvement upon the times set during his junior career.
The change of event proved a good one, as he finished in seventh place in a time of 2:09:17, just ahead of Elijah Keitanywho was runner-up at the Amsterdam Marathon the previous year.