Sheila Jebet
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| Born | 31 December 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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Sheila Jebet (born 31 December 2005) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.[1]
Career
[edit]2024
[edit]In March 2024, she won the U20 Kenyan Cross Country Championships in Ruiru, Kiambu County.[2][3] On 30 March 2024, she finished fourth in the U20 individual event, and won the silver medal in the team U20 race, at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia.[4][5] She was selected for the 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, placing fifth overall.[6][7]
She travelled to Europe for the conclusion of the 2024–25 World Athletics Cross Country Tour.[8] She finished second to Charity Cherop at the Cardiff Cross Country Challenge in November 2024, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race.[9][10] Later that month, she finished runner-up at the Cinque Mulini in Italy.[11]
2025
[edit]She won the World Cross Country Tour Gold event in Hannut, Belgium, in January 2025.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sheila Jebet". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Wanja, Charity (3 March 2024). "Ngetich and Sawe crowned National Cross Country Championship winners". sjak. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "WXC Belgrade 24 U20 women's preview: Ethiopia set for double title defence". World Athletics. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "U20 RACE WOMEN". World Athletics. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Alemayo dominates to lead Ethiopia to team U20 gold in Belgrade". World Athletics. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Onyatta, Omondi (27 August 2024). "Kenyan Juniors Hungry For Medals As World Under 20 Championships Begin In Peru". capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Women's 5000m Results - World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Sheila Jebet to lead Kenya's charge for the Cardiff Cross Challenge title". Pulse Sports. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (9 November 2024). "Ugandans rule at Cardiff Cross Challenge". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Kiprop retains title, Cherop holds off late challenge at Cardiff Cross". World Athletics. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Kenyan men sweep Cinque Mulini as Jebet settles for silver". Mozzartsport.co.ke. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Kibet and Jebet claim cross country crowns in Hannut". World Athletics. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.