
Rachael Zena Chebet
- Born
- Nov 5, 1996 (30 years old)
- Events
- Half Marathon · Marathon
Rachael Zena Chebet (born 5 November 1996) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. She finished seventh at the 2016 African Championships (5000 m), seventh at the 2019 African Games (10,000 m) and eighteenth at the 2019 World Championships (10,000 m).
She also competed at the 2013 World Youth Championships (1500 m) without reaching the final, and did not finish her race at the 2016 African Championships (10,000 m). In cross-country running she competed in the junior races at the 2013 and 2015 World Cross Country Championships. At the 2017 World Cross Country Championships she finished seventeenth in the senior race and fourth in the team competition. At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships she finished fourth in the senior race and won a bronze medal in the team competition.
In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. Her personal best times are 15:49.03 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 2019 in Kampala; 32:41.93 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved at the 2019 World Championships in Doha; 32:37 minutes in the 10 kilometres, achieved in June 2019 in Ölde; and 1:16:46 hours in the half marathon, achieved in December 2018 in Chon Buri.
As of Nov 12, 2026: Half Marathon 1:08:46 (#435 all-time), Marathon 2:26:10 (#660 all-time), 2025 season best 32:27 (Jul 4, 2025, Atlanta Track Club Indoor Facility, Atlanta, GA (USA)) · Last competition: Boilermaker Road Race, Jul 13, 2025, 50:23 · 30 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10Kilometr | 32:27 | – | Jul 4, 2025 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race |
| 2025 | 15Kilometr | 48:15 | – | Mar 1, 2025 | Gate River Run 15K |
| 2025 | Marathon | 2:26:10 | – | Apr 13, 2025 | NN Marathon Rotterdam |
| 2024 | 10Kilometr | 32:43 | – | Apr 28, 2024 | Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru |
| 2024 | CrossCount | 32:45 | – | Mar 30, 2024 | 45th World Athletics Cross Country Championships, Park of Friendship, Beograd |
| 2023 | Semi | 1:08:46 | – | Apr 30, 2023 | Half Marathon & 10km International de Rabat, Rabat |
| 2022 | 10000m | 32:17.66 | – | Jun 11, 2022 | African Athletics Championships, Cote d'Or National Sports Complex, St Pierre |
| 2022 | Semi | 1:09:47 | – | Mar 13, 2022 | Runners’ Lab Halve Marathon |