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{{short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner (born 1988)}}
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[[File:Ruth Bisibori Nyangau.jpg|thumb|200px|Bosibori in 2009]]{{Wikiquote|Ruth Bosibori}}
'''Ruth Bosibori Nyangau''' (also written '''Ruth Bisibori;''' born 2 January 1988 in [[Bosiango]]) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the [[3000 metres steeplechase]].

==Career==
In July 2007, she became the first [[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] champion in the event, as it was staged for the first time. In August the same year she finished fourth at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|World Championships]] in a [[World junior records in athletics|world junior record]] time of 9:25.25 minutes. The old record was 9:30.70 and belonged to [[Melissa Rollison]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=J/season=0/gender=W/discipline=3KSC/legal=A/index.html|title=IAAF: 100 Metres - men - senior - outdoor - 2018 {{!}} iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref> At the [[2008 African Championships in Athletics]] she finished third.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20080509090738/http://www.addis2008.org/Results/Data/at/asf/023/004/cgcgr3atasf023l004001.html Addis 2008 results]}}</ref>

Bosibori was born in Bosiango village near [[Kisii, Kenya|Kisii]].<ref>Daily Nation, 2 November 2007: [http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=5&newsid=109690 Bosibori's world record ratified]</ref> She started running in 2003 while at Kebirichi Secondary School. She was recruited by [[Kenya Police]] after winning provincial championships in 2007.<ref>The Standard, 19 August 2007: ''{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220819060506/http://www.eastandard.net/archives/sunday/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973131 Humble Bosibori to keep tradition]}}''</ref> She is used to [[barefoot running|competing barefoot]].<ref>Japan Times, 29 August 2007: ''[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/sp20070829t5.html Worlds notebook; Day 4]''</ref>

She won the Most Promising Sportswoman of the Year category at the 2007 [[Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year]] awards.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080913034301/http://soyaawards.com/winners.html SOYA Awards - 2007 winners]}}</ref> She was coached by [[Dan Muchoki]] until 2007, after started to be followed by the Italian coach [[Renato Canova]], when went under the management of [[Gianni Demadonna]].<ref>IAAF: 4 August 2007: [http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=40761.html Focus on Africa - Ruth BOSIBORI]</ref>

In 2009, she improved her personal best to 9:13.16, winning at the [[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final]] by a margin of seven seconds.

In September 2010, she gave birth to her daughter Glory.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] 
|[[Algiers, Algeria]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|3000 m s'chase
|[[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:31.99]]
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|4th
|3000 m s'chase
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:25.25]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] 
|[[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|3000 m s'chase
|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|10:00.18]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Beijing, China]]
|6th
|3000 m s'chase
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:17.35]]
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]] 
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|3000 m s'chase
|9:24.38
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|7th
|3000 m s'chase
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:13.16]]
|-
|[[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]] 
|[[Thessaloniki, Greece]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st 
|3000 m s'chase
|[[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final results|9:13.43]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000820/http://www.pacesportsmanagement.com/athlete_profile.asp?id=247 Pace Sports Management] ([[Internet Archive]])
*{{World Athletics}}

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[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kenyan female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Kenyan female steeplechase runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:African Games athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:IAAF World Athletics Final winners]]


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