Beatrice Chebet

Beatrice Chebet
	Chebet at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Full name	Beatrice Chebet
Nickname	The Smiling Assassin
Born	5 March 2000; Kericho, Kenya
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 1 (overall, 2024); No. 1 (5000 m, 2024); No. 1 (10,000 m, 2024); No. 1 (cross country, 2024);
Personal bests	3000 m: 8:11.56 AR (Rabat 2025); Two miles: 9:14.71 (Eugene 2022); 5000 m: 14:03.69 NR (Rome 2025); 10,000 m: 28:54.14 WR (Eugene 2024); Road; 5 km women-only: 14:13 Wo WR (Barcelona 2023); 5 km mixed: 13:54 Mx WR (Barcelona 2024);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kenya
Olympic Games
World Championships
Diamond League
Commonwealth Games
African Championships
World Cross Country Championships
World Road Running Championships
World Junior Championships
African Junior Championships

Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is the current world record holder in both the women's only and mixed 5 kilometre run, in addition to the 10,000 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 5000 m and 10,000 m races, becoming the third woman in history to win both events at the same Olympic games. She is nicknamed the "smiling assassin".

In 2022, Chebet won gold medals in the 5000 m at the Commonwealth Games, African Championships, and Diamond League, and a silver medal in the 5000 m at the World Championships. Chebet also won gold medals at the 2023 and 2024 World Cross Country Championships.

Chebet won gold medals in the 5000 m at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships and the Junior women section of the 2019 World Cross Country Championships.

Chebet trains in Londiani, Kericho County.