 Chepngetich at the African Games 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1998 Keringet | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Janeth Chepngetich (born 23 July 1998) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won the 10,000 metres race at the 2023 African Games. [1]
She is from Keringet, Nakuru County in the Kenyan Rift Valley, the same town as world record breaking athlete, Faith Kipyegon. [2]
Competing as a junior in 2015, she was an Africa Youth 1500m bronze medalist. [3] She subsequently competed over that distance at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Cali, Colombia. [4]
She set a women's course record in winning the Udine half marathon in 2022, in a time of 1:08.24. [5]
She was runner-up at the Prague half marathon in April 2023. [6] In September 2023, again running on the road, she won the women's Birell 10KM Race in Prague, in a time of 30:21. [7]
In January 2024, she finished fourth at the Valencia 10k in a time of 29:55. [8] In March 2024, she won gold in the 10,000 metres at the African Games in a time of 33:37.00. [9]
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