Beatrice Chebet

Beatrice Chebet is a Kenyan long-distance runner best known for winning the Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m titles at Paris 2024 and the corresponding world titles in Tokyo in 2025. She has also produced world-record performances over the track 5,000m and 10,000m and the road 5km.

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About Beatrice Chebet

Profile information current to 2026-08-19.

Kenya · Long-distance runner

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Known for: Track distance running; Road running; Cross-country running; Championship distance racing
Country: Kenya

Long-distance runner

At a glance

Chebet won the women's 5,000m and 10,000m gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
She won both distance titles again at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
Her 28:54.14 for 10,000m in 2024 was the first women's performance below 29 minutes, while her 13:58.06 for 5,000m in 2025 was the first below 14 minutes.
Her international titles span track, road, and cross-country competition.

Early international success

Born on March 5, 2000, Chebet emerged internationally by winning the women's 5,000m at the 2018 World U20 Championships in Tampere. Her senior career subsequently expanded across track, road, and cross country, including victory in the senior women's race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships, where she also helped Kenya secure the team title.

Olympic titles and world records

In May 2024, Chebet ran 28:54.14 for 10,000m in Eugene, becoming the first woman to break 29 minutes for the event. She then won the Olympic women's 5,000m and 10,000m titles at Paris 2024, with World Athletics identifying her as the first Kenyan winner of the Olympic women's 10,000m. Her record performances also include 13:54 for the road 5km in December 2024 and 13:58.06 for the track 5,000m in July 2025.

World championship double

At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Chebet won the women's 10,000m and 5,000m, repeating the distance double she had achieved at the Paris Olympics. The victories consolidated her standing across the two principal women's championship distance events.

Timeline

2018-07-10 Won the women's 5,000m at the World U20 Championships in Tampere in 15:30.77.
2023-02-18 Won the senior women's race at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst and helped Kenya win the team title.
2023-10 Won the women's 5km title at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga.
2024-05-25 Set a women's 10,000m world record of 28:54.14 in Eugene, becoming the first woman to run the distance in under 29 minutes.
2024-08 Won Olympic gold in the women's 5,000m and 10,000m at Paris 2024.
2024-12-31 Ran 13:54 for the road 5km, a performance listed by World Athletics as a women's world record.
2025-07-05 Ran 13:58.06 for 5,000m in Eugene, a ratified women's world record and the first women's sub-14-minute track 5,000m.
2025-09 Won the women's 10,000m and 5,000m titles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Additional verified details

Current context

World Athletics lists Chebet as the women's world-record holder in the 10,000m at 28:54.14, the 5,000m at 13:58.06, and the road 5km at 13:54. Record-holder status can change and should be rechecked before publication.

Biographical facts

Beatrice Chebet was born on March 5, 2000.
She is Kenyan.
Her principal international disciplines include the 5,000m, 10,000m, road 5km, and cross country.