Ruth Croft

Ruth Croft is a New Zealand ultramarathon and trail runner, born on 15 January 1989 in Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island, who grew up in the small town of Stillwater. At school in Christchurch she ran track and cross country, became under-20 national champion and ran the 3000 metres steeplechase for New Zealand at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics. As a junior she also competed at the 2005 and 2007 World Mountain Running Championships and the 2008 World Cross Country Championships, where she finished 57th. She was the silver medalist at the 2019 Trail World Championships, and her victories at major international races include the Tarawera Ultramarathon, Western States, Ultra Trail Cape Town and the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc World Series Final.