| Chepngetich at the African Games 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 3000m: 8:23.48 (Lausanne, 2024) 5000m: 14:40.25 (Eugene, 2025) 10,000m: 30:04.97 (Eugene, 2024) Road 5km: 14:55 (Herzogenaurach, 2025) 10km: 29:55 (Valencia, 2024) Half marathon: 1:05:15 (Valencia, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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] Country Championships. She later joined the Willy Langat coached training group that includes Brenda Jepchirchir, in Keringet. [3]
Competing as a junior in 2015, she was an Africa Youth 1500m bronze medalist. [4] She subsequently competed over that distance at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Cali, Colombia. [5]
She set a women's course record in winning the Udine half marathon in 2022, in a time of 1:08.24. [6] She was runner-up at the Prague half marathon in April 2023. [7] In September 2023, again running on the road, she won the women's Birell 10KM Race in Prague, in a time of 30:21. [8] In January 2024, she finished fourth at the Valencia 10k in a time of 29:55. [9] In March 2024, she won gold in the 10,000 metres at the African Games in a time of 33:37.00. [10]
On 22 February 2025, she finished second at the Sirikwa Classic, the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting in Eldoret. [11] She placed fourth over 5000 metres at the 2025 Miami Slam, part of the 2025 Grand Slam Track season, running 14:46.14. [12] She ran a personal best 14:40.25 for the 5000 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July. [13] She won the Kenyan World Championships Trials later that month over 10,000 meters in 30:27.02, finishing ahead of Agnes Ngetich and Beatrice Chebet. [14] In September, she competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, but despite entering the race as world leader in the event, was unable to finish the race. [15] [16] [17]
| Grand Slam Track results [18] | |||||
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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 | |||