Sheila Jebet

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Sheila Jebet
Personal information
Born (2005-12-31) 31 December 2005 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Long-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
World Cross Country Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade U20 team

Sheila Jebet (born 31 December 2005) is a Kenyan long-distance and cross country runner.[1]

Career

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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]

She won the World Cross Country Tour Gold event in Hannut, Belgium, in January 2025.[12] She finished third in the overall World Cross Country Tour 2024-25 standings, behind Italian Nadia Battocletti and Burundi’s Francine Niyomukunzi.[13]

On 8 November, she was runner-up at the women's 6km race at the Cardiff Cross Challenge in Wales, a gold race part of the World Athletics Cross Country Tour, finishing behind compatriot Cynthia Chepkirui.[14][15] The following week she was runner-up at the Cross Internacional de Soria, and then runner-up at the Cross de Atapuerca in Spain on the 23 November.[16][17]

References

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