Beatrice Chebet

Beatrice Chebet

Chebet at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born	(2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24) Kericho, Kenya
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 1 (overall, 2024)[2] No. 1 (5000 m, 2024)[3] No. 1 (10,000 m, 2024)[4] No. 1 (cross country, 2024)[5]
Personal bests	3000 m: 8:24.05 (Xiamen 2024) Two miles: 9:14.71 (Eugene 2022) 5000 m: 14:05.92 (Eugene 2023) 10,000 m: 28:54.14 (Eugene 2024) WR Road 5 km: 14:13 (Barcelona 2023) WR
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Kenya Olympic Games 2024 Paris 5000 m 2024 Paris 10,000 m World Championships 2022 Eugene 5000 m 2023 Budapest 5000 m Diamond League 2022 5000 m 2024 5000 m Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 5000 m African Championships 2022 Saint Pierre 5000 m World Cross Country Championships 2019 Aarhus Junior race 2023 Bathurst Senior race 2023 Bathurst Senior team 2024 Belgrade Senior race 2024 Belgrade Senior team 2019 Aarhus Junior team World Road Running Championships 2023 Riga 5K World Junior Championships 2018 Tampere 5000 m African Junior Championships 2019 Abidjan 5000 m

Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the 10,000 m and the gold medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 5000 m and 10,000 m races, becoming the third woman in history to win both events at the same Olympic games.

In 2022, Chebet won gold medals in the 5000 m at the Commonwealth Games, African Championships, and Diamond League, and a silver medal in the 5000 m at the World Championships. Chebet also won gold medals at the 2023 and 2024 World Cross Country Championships.^[6]

Chebet won gold medals in the 5000 m at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships and the Junior women section of the 2019 World Cross Country Championships.