 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 World Championships Trials in July 2025. In September, she competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, but was unable to finish the race. [12] [13] [14]
| Grand Slam Track results [15] | |||||
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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 | |||
