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Beatrice Chebet
Chebet at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24)
Kenya
Sport
CountryKenya
SportTrack and field
EventLong-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 5000 m
Diamond League
First place 2022 5000 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint Pierre 5000 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 5000 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tampere 5000 m
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Abidjan 5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aarhus Junior race
Silver medal – second place 2019 Aarhus Junior team

Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000)[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, and gold medals in the event at the 2022 African Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Chebet took the world under-20 titles in the 5000 m in 2018 and at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships. She was the 2022 Diamond League 5000 m champion.

Career

In June 2018, at the age of 18, Chebet won the Kenyan Under-20s 5000 metres. A month later, she became the first Kenyan woman to win the 5000m title at the World U20 Championships, and the first non-Ethiopian since 2006 to win it.[2]

At the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, the top three athletes in the Women's U20 – Chebet and the Ethiopian duo of Alemitu Tariku and Tsigie Gebreselama – were all awarded the time of 20:50 as they finished together. Tariku who was initially announced as the winner, with Gebreselama awarded silver. However, after the photo finish footage was reviewed Chebet was correctly awarded the gold.[3]

In 2019, she won the Kenyan U20 National Cross Country Championships.[4]

Her best success of 2022 came in July at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she claimed the silver medal for the closely-run 5000 metres race with a time of 14:46.75 behind Gudaf Tsegay in 14:46.29 and ahead of Dawit Seyaum (14:47.36).[5]

She trains in Londiani, Kericho County.[4]

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Kenya
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
2017 World U18 Championships Nairobi, Kenya 4th 3000 m 9:33.26
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st 5000 m 15:30.77 PB
2019 World Cross Country Championships Aarhus, Denmark 1st Junior race 20:50
2nd Junior team 26 pts
African U20 Championships Abidjan, Ivory Coast 1st 5000 m 16:02.66
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 10th 3000 m 8:47.50
African Championships Saint Pierre, Mauritius 1st 5000 m 15:00.82
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 2nd 5000 m 14:46.75 SB
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 5000 m 14:38.21 SB

Circuit wins and titles, National championships

Personal Bests

Type Event Time Venue Date
Track 3000 metres 8:27.14 Lausanne, Switzerland 26 August 2022
3000 metres indoor 8:37.06 Madrid, Spain 24 February 2021
5000 metres 14:34.55 Oslo, Norway 1 July 2021
10,000 metres 33:29.7h Nairobi, Kenya 5 March 2020
Road 5 km 14:32 Zürich, Switzerland 7 September 2022
10 km 32:52 Eldoret, Kenya 24 November 2019

References

  1. ^ "Beatrice CHEBET – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Mills, Steven (10 July 2018). "Report: women's 5000m – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". IAAF Website. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ Crumley, Euan (30 March 2019). "Beatrice Chebet takes World Cross U20 gold after dramatic ending". Athletics Weekly. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b Rotich, Bernard (23 February 2019). "Beatrice Chebet wins U-20 National X-Country title". The Daily Nation (Kenya). Archived from the original on 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Gudaf Tsegay Closes in 59.95 To Win Her 1st World Title In Women's 5000". LetsRun.com. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  6. ^ Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (7 September 2022). "2022 DL Final Day 1: Kenyans Nicholas Kipkorir & Beatrice Chebet Kick to 5K Wins as Kovacs Moves to #2 All-Time". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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