Wilson Chebet

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wilson Chebet
Occupation	Marathon Runner
Date Of Birth	Jul 12, 1985(1985-07-12)
Age	39
Country	Kenya
Birth City	Marakwet District
Horoscope	Cancer

Wilson Chebet Biography

Wilson Chebet is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on July 12, 1985 in Marakwet District, Kenya. Wilson Kwambai Chebet (born 12 July 1985 in Marakwet District) is a Kenyan professional long-distance athlete who is specialized in road race events. He is a marathon runner with a best time of 2:05:27.

He ran extensively throughout 2008, starting with a 2nd-place finish in the Granollers Half Marathon behind then world record-holder Samuel Wanjiru. He was surprised to find himself running at the Barcelona Half Marathon only seven days later, and managed to be runner-up against Jacob Yator. It was followed by a fourth place finish at the Paris Half Marathon in March and a win at the Ribarroja Half Marathon in April. He clocked under an hour in the half-marathon in September, running the time at 59:33, which was third place behind world champions Evans Cheruiyot and Patrick Makau at the Rotterdam Half Marathon. In search of a title defense He returned to the Marseille-Cassis marathon and managed to hold off the challenge of Disi (his opponent from Lagos) to extend the number of times he has won. The race was one of the top finishers in the Delhi Half Marathon in September the final race in the year. the race was just one second behind his personal best when he finished the third-place result.

Chebet began pacemaking in marathon races in 2009 and made his competitive debut over the distance in 2010. His clocking of two hours, 6:12 minutes to finish as runner-up at the Amsterdam Marathon was the second fastest debut run of all-time. In 2011, won both the Amsterdam and Rotterdam Marathons. He repeated as Amsterdam champion in 2012.

The Zayed International Half Marathon was his first stop of 2010, but he only managed to finish in sixth. He set his sights on completing the Prague Half Marathon unbeaten: “Although I have run better than 60 minutes four times, I have not won. I need now to win one in under one hour”. He left the race with his desire unfulfilled, however, as he finished in over an hour behind fellow countryman Joel Kemboi. After doing pacemaking duties at the Lake Biwa Marathon, he was present at Haile Gebrselassie’s sports resort opening in May and won the inaugural Everyone Half Marathon in Addis Ababa. He returned to Europe that month to run at the Göteborgsvarvet half marathon and he was the second runner across the line after Sammy Kirui Kiprono.

The season of 2006 was a success at road races throughout the United States: he won America’s Finest City Half Marathon in San Diego with a time of 1:02:38 . Later that month, he competed in the Crim 10 Mile Race and finished second to Samuel Kosgei. The following month, he took home the Medical Center 10K Classic in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He was back for the Route du Vin race in 2007 and won his second victory with this one, setting the course record at 1:13 (a personal record). He also won the Marseille-Cassis Internationale in France with a time of 59:24 was second-fastest winning time on the race. In December of that year, He competed at Lagos Half Marathon. Lagos Half Marathon and finished second to Dieudonne Disi.

Wilson Chebet Net Worth

Wilson Chebet is one of the richest Marathon Runner from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wilson Chebet 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Running in Kenya He began to participate in elite races as an teen: he was placed top ten in the 2004 Tegla Loroupe Peace Race and was second in a road race of 15K in January of 2005, just behind Clement Koech. His first appearance in the European circuit later in the year, winning the Route du Vin Half Marathon in September, running 1:02:19 and following that, he finished 10th in the Paris 20K the following month. In January 2006 , he returned to his home country and competed in the Discovery Kenya Cross Country and placed third in a marathon race that was won by Moses Masai. He competed in a number of competitions in Spain between March and April. He started with a victory in Ribarroja’s of Turia Half Marathon, before finishing third in the Azkoitia- Azpeitia race, and second in the Malaga Half Marathon behind Silas Sang and finishing with an impressive podium place in the Gran Fondo Nacional Villa de Masamagrell.

He started competing internationally in 2005. He was able to establish himself with a string of wins on circuits within the first three seasons of racing including the Marseille-Cassis Internationale Classique and the America’s Finest City Half Marathon. He achieved podium places in races like the Granollers Half Marathon, Rotterdam Half Marathon and Delhi Half Marathon in the year 2008. He was a representative of Kenya in the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and also helped the Kenyan team win the gold medal.

He knocked a second off his best in a quick RAK Half Marathon in February 2009, where the winner Patrick Makau set the second fastest mark ever. He gained his first major win over 20 km in the Netherlands three weeks later at the 20 van Alphen race. He was employed as the pacemaker for the Rotterdam Marathon and excelled in the role, leading and keeping the pace strong among the racers – work which resulted in Duncan Kibet completing the third fastest ever time for the marathon. Following this, he managed half marathon wins at the Pardubice Wine Half-Marathon and Rabat International Half-Marathon. He ran at the tenth edition of the Bogota International Half Marathon in August, but was beaten to the finish line by Isaac Macharia. His best run of the year came at the Rotterdam Half Marathon as he set a new best of 59:15 for the event, which was the seventh fastest time by any athlete in 2009. However, such was the quality of the race, this fast time was only enough for fifth place in Rotterdam. The performance earned him his first international selection Kenya and he took sixth place in the men’s race at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, a finish which earned him the team gold medal alongside Bernard Kiprop Kipyego and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich.

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Facts & Trivia

Wilson Ranked on the list of most popular Marathon Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Wilson Chebet celebrates birthday on July 12 of every year.