Janeth Chepngetich
Chepngetich at the African Games 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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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]
Early and personal life
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]
Career
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]
Statistics
| 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 | |||
References
- ^ "Janeth Chepngetich". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Chepng'etich following in footsteps of village mate Kipyegon". Nation.Africa. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Gault, Jonathan (14 January 2026). "WTW: US sub-60s galore at Houston Half & the woman who went from 14th at NCAAs to a 29:25 10K in 7 months". Lets Run. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Chepngetich Bags Belgut Marathon Race". Kenyanews.co.ke. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Girls' 1500m preview – IAAF World Youth Championships Cali 2015". World Athletics. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "All Kenyan podium at the Udine marathon, a city "invaded" by athletes and the public". Breaking.Latest. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Kimais and Kipkorir dominate in Prague, Abebayahu and Kipchumba win in Xiamen". World Athletics. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Ethiopian Worku Is the King of the Birell Grand Prix, and Italian Yaremchuk Set a European Course Record". Runczech. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Ngetich smashes world 10km record with 28:46 in Valencia". World Athletics. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Chepngetich wins 10,000m gold medal in Accra". The-Star.co.ke. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Ngetich and Ebenyo victorious at Sirikwa Classic in Eldoret". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Grand Slam Track Miami". World Athletics. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025". Watch Athletics Weekly. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Chavez, Chris (22 July 2025). "2025 Athletics Kenya Trials For 2025 Tokyo World Championship: Notable Results". Citiusmag.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ Moses, Martin (22 July 2025). "World Athletics Championships: Faith Kipyegon, Omanyala, Chebet Lead Team Kenya to Tokyo". Toku.co.ke. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "WCH Tokyo 25 preview: women's 10,000m". World Athletics. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track. Retrieved 5 April 2025.