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Esther Chebet

Esther Chebet

Ugandan middle-distance runner

Esther Chebet (born 10 September 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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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

  1. [1]
    Esther Chebet at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Senior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Semifinals results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  4. [4]
    Heats results
  5. [5]
    "Chebet surprises with 5000m Olympics ticket". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 20 June 2021.


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