 Chepngetich at the African Games 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1998 Keringet | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| 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]
On 22 February 2025, she finished second at the Sirikwa Classic, the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting in Eldoret. [10] She ran a personal best 14:40.25 for the 5000 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July. [11]
She won the Kenyan Trials in July 2025 and was subsequently named in the Kenyan team for the 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. [12] [13]
| Grand Slam Track results [14] | |||||
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| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Miami Slam | Long distance | 5000 m | 4th | 14:46.16 | US$25,000 |
| 3000 m | 6th | 8:37.06 | |||
