Mercy Chebet

Mercy Cheney

Personal information
Born	(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 23)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Kenya World Relays 2025 Guangzhou 4×400 m mixed

Mercy Chebet (born 2 January 2002) is a Kenyan sprinter. In 2024, she became Kenyan national champion in the 400 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. She was a bronze medal winner with the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays. ^[1]

Career

She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas after finishing second in the 400 metres behind Mary Moraa in the Kenyan trials in April 2024. ^{[2] [3]} She won the 400 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in May 2024. ^[4]

In June 2024, she finished fourth with the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team in the final of the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. ^[5] That month, she was a member of the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres team alongside Zablon Ekwam, Mary Moraa, and Kelvin Sane Tauta which ran 3:11.88 to set a new African record at the Kenyan Olympic Trials in Nairobi. ^[6] She subsequently competed for Kenya at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay, the first time Kenya had qualified a team for the event. ^{[7] [8]} However, the team did not qualify for the final, finishing seventh in the same heat as the United States team which broke the world record. ^{[9] [10]}

She won a bronze medal with the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, also securing qualification to the upcoming World Championships. ^{[11] [12] [13]} The bronze medal marked Kenya’s first in the mixed relay since claiming the same at the 2019 World Relays in Yokohama. ^[14] In June 2025, she ran 51.80 seconds be runner-up at the women's 400m at the Kenyan Athletics Championships behind Mercy Oketch. ^[15]

She was named in the Kenyan team for the mixed 4 x 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. ^[16]

References

1. "Mercy Chebet". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
2. "AK select 24 athletes for 6th World Relays in Bahamas". kbc.co.ke. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
3. "Hard Luck For Kenyan Relay Teams As They Miss Out On Olympic Qualification". Capitalfm.co.ke. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
4. "Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
5. "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
6. "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
7. "Mutua optimistic about Kenya's future in mixed relays after Paris flop". Tbe-Star. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
8. Omogbeja, Yomi (July 24, 2024). "Athletics Kenya sends 45 athletes to Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Athletics.Africa. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
9. "The XXXIII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
10. "At Least We Witnessed A Record-Breaking Heat, Mweresa Says After Kenya's Paris Olympics Mixed Relay Exit". Capitalfm.co.ke. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
11. "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
12. "Focus shifts to Tokyo meet after Kenya's relay teams book slots". Standard Media. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
13. Wanja, Charity (11 May 2025). "Kenya wins bronze, three teams qualify Tokyo". sjak.co.ke. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
14. "Chebet promises more after Kenya bags historic bronze in 4x400m mixed relay". Citizen.Digital. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
15. "Oketch, Mutinda and Cheruiyot impress at Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
16. Moses, Martin (22 July 2025). "World Athletics Championships: Faith Kipyegon, Omanyala, Chebet Lead Team Kenya to Tokyo". Toku.co.ke. Retrieved 22 July 2025.