Beatrice Chebet
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| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 2000 Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10000 metres, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won the World Under-20 5,000m in 2018 and the World Cross-Country Championship in 2019.[1]
Career
In June 2018, at the age of 18, Chebet won the Kenyan Under-20s 5000m. 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 Kenya U20 National Cross Country Championships.[4]
She trains in Londiani, Kericho County.[4]
Personal Bests
Source: IAAF[5]
| Event | Time | Venue | Date |
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| 1500 metres | 4:23.2h | Sports Complex, Mumias (KEN) | 24 May 2019 |
| 3000 metres | 8:49.05 | Doha (QAT) | 3 May 2019 |
| 5000 metres | 14:46.12 | Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) | 27 July 2019 |
| 10,000 metres | 33:29.7 | Nairobi (KEN) | 5 March 2020 |
| 10 km | 32:52 | Eldoret (KEN) | 24 November 2019 |
References
- ^ IAAF Profile – Honours Archived 9 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Beatrice Chebet (Personal Bests)". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
External links
World U20 Champions in women's 5000 metres | |
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