Mercy Chebet

Mercy Cheney
Personal information
Born (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 24)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Relays
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Guangzhou 4 × 400 m mixed

Mercy Chebet (born 2 January 2002) is a Kenyan sprinter. In 2024, she became Kenyan national champion in the 400 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. She was a bronze medal winner with the Kenyan mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays.[1]

Biography

She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas after finishing second in the 400 metres behind Mary Moraa in the Kenyan trials in April 2024.[2][3] She won the 400 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in May 2024.[4]

In June 2024, she finished fourth with the Kenyan mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team in the final of the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon.[5] That month, she was a member of the Kenyan mixed 4 × 400 metres team alongside Zablon Ekwam, Mary Moraa, and Kelvin Sane Tauta which ran 3:11.88 to set a new African record at the Kenyan Olympic Trials in Nairobi.[6] She subsequently competed for Kenya at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, the first time Kenya had qualified a team for the event.[7][8] However, the team did not qualify for the final, finishing seventh in the same heat as the United States team which broke the world record.[9][10]

She won a bronze medal with the Kenyan mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, also securing qualification to the upcoming World Championships.[11][12][13] The bronze medal marked Kenya's first in the mixed relay since claiming the same at the 2019 World Relays in Yokohama.[14] In June 2025, she ran 51.80 seconds be runner-up at the women's 400 m at the Kenyan Athletics Championships behind Mercy Oketch.[15] She was named in the Kenyan team for the mixed 4 × 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[16]

Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Botswana, she was part of the Kenya mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team which set an African record of 3:09.87 on the opening day.[17][18]

References

  1. ^ "Mercy Chebet". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  2. ^ "AK select 24 athletes for 6th World Relays in Bahamas". kbc.co.ke. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Hard Luck For Kenyan Relay Teams As They Miss Out On Olympic Qualification". Capitalfm.co.ke. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  5. ^ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Mutua optimistic about Kenya's future in mixed relays after Paris flop". Tbe-Star. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  8. ^ Omogbeja, Yomi (July 24, 2024). "Athletics Kenya sends 45 athletes to Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Athletics.Africa. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  9. ^ "The XXXIII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  10. ^ "At Least We Witnessed A Record-Breaking Heat, Mweresa Says After Kenya's Paris Olympics Mixed Relay Exit". Capitalfm.co.ke. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  11. ^ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Focus shifts to Tokyo meet after Kenya's relay teams book slots". Standard Media. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  13. ^ Wanja, Charity (11 May 2025). "Kenya wins bronze, three teams qualify Tokyo". sjak.co.ke. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Chebet promises more after Kenya bags historic bronze in 4x400m mixed relay". Citizen.Digital. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Oketch, Mutinda and Cheruiyot impress at Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  16. ^ Moses, Martin (22 July 2025). "World Athletics Championships: Faith Kipyegon, Omanyala, Chebet Lead Team Kenya to Tokyo". Toku.co.ke. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  17. ^ "World leads fall as 4x400m teams light up first round in Gaborone". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  18. ^ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.

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