Emily Chebet

Emily Chebet

2013
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bydgoszcz Senior race
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bydgoszcz Senior race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bathurst Senior team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 10,000 m
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Marrakech 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Bambous 10,000 m

Emily Chebet Muge (born 18 February 1986) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specialises in the 10,000 metres and cross country running. She is a two-time winner of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, being the gold medallist in 2010 and 2013.

Chebet's first medal was a bronze in the 10,000 m at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics and she also ran in that event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

In 2015, Chebet received a four year competition ban for testing positive for a banned substance.[1]

  1. ^ Aarons, Ed (27 November 2015). "Emily Chebet among six Kenyan runners banned for failing doping tests". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2024.