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| Full name | Frankline Kibet Chebet | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long-distance running, Cross country running | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 13:45.08 (Nairobi, 2025) 5km (road): 13:45 (Tokyo, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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}} Frankline Kibet Chebet (born 28 July 2007) is a Kenyan long-distance and cross country runner. He won the U20 race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships. [1]
Kibet placed second in the junior race at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in February 2025. Later that year, he was runner-up in the 5000m at the Kenyan trials for the African U20 Championships. [2] In May 2025, Kibet placed sixth in the 5000 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi in 13:45.42. [3]
In October 2025, he was runner-up to Emmanuel Kiprono at the Kenyan jumior cross country championships. [4] [5] He was subsequently selected for the U20 race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, where he won the men’s under-20 race ahead of Kiprono, with Kenya also winning the team gold medal. [6] [7] [8]
