Winny Bii
| File:Winny Bii (2024).jpg Bii at the 2023 African Games | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Winny Chepngetich Bii | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 December 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Triple Jump, Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Long jump 6.20m (Nairobi, 2022) Triple jump: 14.01m (Clemson, 2025) NR | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Winny Chepngetich Bii (born 27 December 2003) is a Kenyan track and field athlete. She is the Kenyan national record holder in the triple jump.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]From Kericho, she trained at the Kaptere Athletics camp in Kericho County. She later trained in Miramas in France before joining Oklahoma State University.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2022, she became the first Kenyan to qualify for the long jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[3] She also competed in the triple jump at the event.[4]
In January 2024, competing for Oklahoma State University, Bii set a new national record in the triple jump as she won the Arkansas Invitational at the Randal Tyson Indoor Centre, Fayetteville, Arkansas with a leap of 13.49 metres. She broke the previous record set by Gloria Mulei set in 2019.[5]
In February 2024, she extended her own national triple jump record to 13.66 metres at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. In March 2024, she was a silver medalist in the triple jump at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana with a jump of 13.64 metres.[6]
She jumped 14.01 cm to finish runner-up by a centimetre at the 2025 SEC Championships in Kentucky in May 2025 whilst competing for Texas A&M.[7] She also won the triple jump title at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June 2025, with a jump of 13.96 metres.[8]
References
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External links
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- Winny Bii - 2023-24 - Cowgirl Cross Country & Track - Oklahoma State University Athletics
- Winny Bii at InterSportStats
- Winny Bii at the Accra 2023 African Games (archived)
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Kenyan women long jumpers
- Kenyan women triple jumpers
- Oklahoma State Cowgirls track and field athletes
- African Games athletes for Kenya
- African Games silver medalists for Kenya
- African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
- Medalists at the 2023 African Games
- Sportspeople from Kericho County
- 21st-century Kenyan sportswomen