Beatrice Chebet

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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)
Kericho, Kenya
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
CountryKenya
SportTrack and field
EventLong-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
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 10,000 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 5000 m
Diamond League
First place 2022 5000 m
First place 2024 5000 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 5000 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint Pierre 5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aarhus Junior race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bathurst Senior race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bathurst Senior team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade Senior race
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade Senior team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Aarhus Junior team
World Road Running Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Riga 5K
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tampere 5000 m
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 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.

Career

Beatrice Chebet was born on 5 March 2000, the daughter of Francis and Lilian Kirui.[7][8] While at primary school, she raced in 5000 m events,[8] and went on to attend Saramek Secondary School, Londiani, graduating from there in 2013.[8] She joined the Lemotit Athletics Club in November 2016.[8]

In June 2018, at the age of 18, Chebet won the Kenyan Under-20s 5000 metres. A month later at Tampere 2018, she became the first Kenyan woman and the first non-Ethiopian since 2006 to win the 5000 m title at the World U20 Championships in Athletics.[9]

At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships, the top three athletes in the women's U20 race – Chebet and the Ethiopian duo of Alemitu Tariku and Tsigie Gebreselama – were all awarded the time of 20:50 as they finished together. Tariku was initially announced as the winner, with Gebreselama awarded silver. However, after the photo finish footage was reviewed Chebet received the gold medal.[10] Also 2019, she won the Kenyan U20 National Cross Country Championships.[11]

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 m race with a time of 14:46.75 behind Gudaf Tsegay in 14:46.29 and ahead of Dawit Seyaum (14:47.36).[12]

At the 2024 Prefontaine Classic, Chebet broke Letesenbet Gidey's 10,000 metres world record of 29:01.03, running a time of 28:54.14 to become the first woman to break the 29 minute barrier.[note 1] The race was originally billed as a world record attempt by Gudaf Tsegay. Chebet attached herself to Gudaf throughout the twenty five lap race, but as Gudaf faded from world record pace nearing the end, Chebet surged with three laps to go to catch up with the world record wavelights and went on to break the record.[13]

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Chebet won an Olympic gold medal in the women's 5000 metres on 5 August, finishing with a time of 14:28.56, beating defending champion Sifan Hassan, reigning world champion Faith Kipyegon, and world record holder Gudaf Tsegay in a highly anticipated race. Chebet stayed in the pack for much of the race, but as Kipyegon made a surge to the front, Chebet followed, out-kicking Kipyegon in the final hundred metres to become the Olympic Champion.[14][15] Chebet also won Olympic gold in the 10,000 metres on 9 August, finishing in a time of 30:43.25.[16]

At the 2024 Weltklasse Zurich meeting on 5 September, Chebet attempted to break the 5000 metres world record of 14:00.21 set by Gudaf Tsegay in 2023, perhaps to become the first woman under the 14 minute barrier. However, with pacing only to 2000 metres and the weather conditions proving to be too poor for a record attempt, Chebet was unable break the world record or her personal best of 14:05.92, but still managed to dip below 14:10 to win the race in a world leading time and a new meeting record of 14:09.52.[17][18]

On 14 September 2024, Chebet won the 5000 metres at the 2024 Diamond League final in Brussels, Belgium, in a time of 14:09.82.[19]

Chebet trains in Londiani, Kericho County.[11] She is nicknamed the "smiling assassin".[20]

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, United States 2nd 5000 m 14:46.75 SB
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 5000 m 14:38.21 SB
2023 World Cross Country Championships Bathurst, Australia 1st Senior race 33:48
1st Team 16 pts
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 5000 m 14:54.33
2024 Olympics Games Paris, France 1st 5000 m 14:28.56
1st 10,000 m 30:43.25

Circuit wins and titles, National titles

Personal bests

Type[22] Event Time (m:s) Venue Date
Track 3000 metres 8:24.05 Xiamen, China 2 September 2023
3000 metres indoor 8:37.06 Madrid, Spain 24 February 2021
Two miles 9:14.71 Eugene, United States 27 May 2022
5000 metres 14:05.92 Eugene, United States 17 September 2023
10,000 metres 28:54.14 WR Eugene, United States 25 May 2024
Road 5 km 14:32 Zürich, Switzerland 7 September 2022
10 km 32:52 Eldoret, Kenya 24 November 2019

Awards and Honors

Notes

  1. ^ On the track; Agnes Ngetich set a road 10 km world record of 28:46 in January 2024.

References

  1. ^ "CHEBET Beatrice". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ "World Rankings Women's Overall Ranking", World Athletics, 27 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ "World Rankings Women's 5000m (3000m-2 Miles-5km)", World Athletics, 27 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. ^ "World Rankings Women's 10,000m (10km)", World Athletics, 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  5. ^ "World Rankings Women's Cross Country", World Athletics, 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Beatrice Chebet And Jacob Kiplimo Crowned Back-To-Back Winners At World Cross Country Championships". 30 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Beatrice Chebet – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d "Beatrice Chebet: How granny helped launch her athletics career". Daily Nation. 9 August 2023. Archived from the original on 9 August 2023.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Gudaf Tsegay Closes in 59.95 To Win Her 1st World Title In Women's 5000". LetsRun.com. 23 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Beatrice Chebet Breaks 10,000 Meter World Record At Prefontaine Classic". 25 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  14. ^ de Villiers, Ockert (5 August 2024). "Paris 2024 Athletics: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet Wins Maiden Women's 5,000m Title".
  15. ^ NBC Sports (5 August 2024). Beatrice Chebet OWNS the home stretch to win women's 5000m | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports. Retrieved 6 August 2024 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Beatrice Chebet Completes the Double and Wins 10,000-Meter Gold". Runner's World. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  17. ^ de Villiers, Ockert (5 September 2024). "Zurich Diamond League 2024: Beatrice Chebet shines with a blistering 5,000m run in wet and chilly conditions". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  18. ^ "Programme & Entries". zurich.diamondleague.com. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  19. ^ Mulkeen, Jon. "Kipyegon, Chebet and Fabbri break meeting records as Wanda Diamond League Final concludes in Brussels". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold". France 24. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  21. ^ Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (7 October 2022). "2022 DL Final Day 1: Kenyans Nicholas Kipkorir & Beatrice Chebet Kick to 5K Wins as Kovacs Moves to #2 All-Time". LetsRun.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Beatrice CHEBET | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  23. ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
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