Winny Chebet Explained

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Winny Chebet
Birth Date:	20 December 1990
Birth Place:	Buret, Kenya
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	800 m, 1500 m
Height:	1.70 m^[1]
Weight:	49 kg
Coach:	Bernard Ouma

Winny Chebet (born 20 December 1990) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships reaching the semifinals. In addition she won silver medals at the 2006 World Junior Championships and 2005 World Youth Championships.

Her personal best in the 800 metres is 1:59.30 from 2013.

She qualified to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Competition record

Representing
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:08.15
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:04.59
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st (sf)	800 m	2:04.10^[3]
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	5th	800 m	2:04.13
2009	African Junior Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:01.36
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:48.99
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	5th	800 m	2:03.02
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	7th	800 m	2:11.58
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	12th (sf)	800 m	2:01.04
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	5th	800 m	2:02.67
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.91
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st (sf)	800 m	2:01.90
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	15th (sf)	1500 m	4:06.29
2018	World Indoor Championship	Birmingham, United Kingdom	14th (h)	800 m	2:18.31
			5th	1500 m	4:12.08
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	18th (h)	1500 m	4:20.67
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	bgcolor=gold	1st	1500 m	4:14.02
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	1500 m	3:58.20
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	26th (sf)	1500 m	4:11.62
2022	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	bgcolor=gold	1st	1500 m	4:16.10
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	13th	1500 m	4:15.13

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 1:58.13 (Zagreb 2017)
• 1000 metres – 2:35.73 (Brussels 2013)
• 1500 metres – 3:58.20 (Doha 2019)
• One mile – 4:19.55 (London 2017)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 2:02.67 (Val-de-Reuil 2013)
• 1000 metres – 2:40.37 (Moscow 2013)
• 1500 metres – 4:05.81 (Birmingham 2018)
• One mile – 4:34.06 (Birmingham 2019)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 CWG bio. 29 April 2018.
2. Web site: Olobulu. Timothy. 2021-06-19. Conseslus, Timothy Cheruiyot out as Kenya names team for Tokyo Olympics. 2021-06-20. Capital Sports. en-US.
3. Disqualified in the final