| Country: | England |
| Woman International Master (1996) | |
| Peakrating: | 2310 (July 1999) |
| Fideid: | 404292 |
Ruth Sheldon (born 3 May 1980) is an English chess player.
She won the Under-14 Girls' World Youth Chess Championship in 1993,[1] and the Under-18 Championship in 1998.[2]
She played in the England women's team which won the bronze medal in the European Team Chess Championship in 1997, and took part in the 32nd Chess Olympiad.
She has a Ph. D. in sociology from the University of Kent, and is a lecturer in religion and social science at King's College London.[3]