Winny Chebet (born 20 December 1990) is a Kenyan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

competing primarily in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. 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 The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

– 1:58.13 (Zagreb 2017) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

– 2:35.73 (Brussels 2013) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:58.20 (Doha 2019) * One mile – 4:19.55 (London 2017) Indoor *

– 2:02.67 (Val-de-Reuil 2013) *

– 2:40.37 (Moscow 2013) *

– 4:05.81 (Birmingham 2018) * One mile – 4:34.06 (Birmingham 2019)

References

1990 births Living people Kenyan female middle-distance runners Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kenya African Games bronze medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games African Championships in Athletics winners IAAF Continental Cup winners People from Rift Valley Province {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub