Esther Chebet Explained

Esther Chebet
Nationality:Ugandan
Sport:Middle-distance running
Event:1500 metres
Pb:800 meters

2:03.28 (2016)
1500 meters

4:02.90 (2019)
Mile

4:28.16 (2017)
5000 meters

15:02.15 (2022)
10K

31:53 (2018)

Birth Date:9 October 1997

Esther Chebet (born 9 October 1997) is a Ugandan middle-distance runner. She finished fifth at the 2019 African Games (1500 m). At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark she finished fourteenth in the senior race and won a bronze medal in the team competition.[1]

She competed at the 2016 World U20 Championships (800 m),[2] the 2017 World Championships (1500 m)[3] and the 2019 World Championships (1500 m) without reaching the final.

Her personal best times are 2:03.28 minutes in the 800 metres, achieved in July 2016 in Kampala; 4:02.90 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in May 2019 in Nanjing; and 4:28.16 minutes in the mile run, achieved in July 2017 in Lausanne.

In June 2021, she qualified to represent Uganda at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senior women's race. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200627195835/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=21598225. 27 June 2020. 27 June 2020. 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
  2. Web site: Semifinals results. IAAF. 9 October 2017.
  3. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-1500-W-h----.RS4.pdf?v=1809092076 Heats results
  4. Web site: Chebet surprises with 5000m Olympics ticket. 2021-06-20. Daily Monitor. en.