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	1st (5000 m, 2023)
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 African Championships 2022 Saint Pierre 5000 m Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 5000 m World Junior Championships 2018 Tampere 5000 m African Junior Championships 2019 Abidjan 5000 m World Cross Country Championships 2019 Aarhus Junior race 2023 Bathurst Senior race 2023 Bathurst Senior team 2019 Aarhus Junior team World Road Running Championships 2023 Riga 5K

Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the 10,000 m. Chebet won the gold medal 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.^[2]

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. She is nicknamed the smiling assassin.