Esther Chebet (born 9 October 1997) is a Ugandan middle-distance runner. She finished fifth at the 2019 African Games (1500 m).[1] 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.[2]
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ugandan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800 meters: 2:03.28 (2016) 1500 meters: 4:02.90 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She competed at the 2016 World U20 Championships (800 m),[3] the 2017 World Championships (1500 m)[4] 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.[1]
In June 2021, she qualified to represent Uganda at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Esther Chebet at World Athletics
- ^ "Senior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ "Chebet surprises with 5000m Olympics ticket". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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