Harbert Kibet

Harbert Kibet

Personal information
Nationality	Ugandan
Born	(2005-06-17) 17 June 2005 (age 20)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running, Cross Country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best	5000 m: 13:11.87 (Oordegem 2025)

Harbert Kibet (born 17 June 2005) is an Ugandan long-distance runner. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Career

He competed for Uganda at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the men's 3000 metres, placing fifth overall in Lima, Peru, in August 2024. ^[2]

Kibet trains in a group with Moses Ndiema Kipsiro in Bukwo. He qualified for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, but was unable to travel due to VISA problems. He finished third at the Ugandan cross country championships in February 2025. ^[3] He won on the road over 5km at the ASICS Tokyo : Speed : Race in Tokyo, Japan, in May 2025, running a personal best 13:00 to finish ahead of Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim of Djibouti. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

He was selected for the 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, but did not qualify for the final. ^[7]

References

1. "Harbert Kibet". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
2. "Kibret, Kiprop, dream on". Monitor.co.ug. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
3. "Young Kibet dares to dream". Monitor.co.ug. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
4. "Nyaga and Kibet among winners as records fall in Tokyo". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
5. "Uganda's Cheptoyek and Kibet win Gold at Tokyo space race". Soft Power. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
6. Bernard, Musinguzi (3 May 2025). "Ugandan Teenager Kibet Leads Wire-to-Wire for Tokyo 5km Title" . Retrieved 19 September 2025.
7. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.