Mercy Chebet

Mercy Cheney
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Relays
Bronze medal – third place2025 Guangzhou4 × 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] In July, she was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[19][20] She also competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the Games.[21]

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 (24 July 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.
  19. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "Odira and Cheruiyot book Commonwealth Games places at Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  21. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
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