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Agnes Jebet Ngetich
	Ngetich in the 10,000 m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	23 January 2001 (age 23)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Outdoors; 3000 m: 8:32.62 (Oslo 2023); 5000 m: 14:36.70 (Paris 2023); 10,000 m: 31:34.83 (Budapest 2023); Road; Mile: 4:36.51 (Honolulu 2018); 5 km: 14:13+ Mx WR (10K Valencia 2024); 10 km: 28:46 Mx WR (10K Valencia 2024); Half Marathon: 1:03:04 Mx (Valencia Half Marathon 2024);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kenya
World Cross Country Championships

Agnes Jebet Ngetich (born 23 January 2001)^[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won two medals at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships with bronze in the senior women's race and team gold.^[2] In January 2024, with a time of 28:46, she set the 10 km run world record in Valencia, breaking the previous record by 28 seconds. En route to this time, Ngetich also broke the 5 km run world record, splitting 14:13 at 5 km which was 6 seconds faster than the previous world record.^[3]^[4] Ngetich also holds the second fastest half marathon mark in history, at 1 hour 3 minutes and 4 seconds.^[5]

Career

At the age of 16, Ngetich placed 8th in the 2017 Under-20 Kenya National Cross Country. That same year, she finished 6th in the World Youth Trials, clocking 9:13.0 over 3000 meters.^[6]

In February 2018, Ngetich rose to 4th place in the Under-20 Kenya National Cross Country division. Shortly after, she secured another 4th position at the Under-20 Africa Cross Country Championship in Algeria, contributing to Kenya's Team Gold win.^[7]

In March 2019, aged 18, Ngetich won the 5000 metres at the Kenya African Under-20 Trials.^[1]

In September 2022, Ngetich finished runner-up to Sheila Chepkirui at the Brasov Running Festival 10 km road race in Brașov, Romania.^[8]

On 18 February 2023, aged 22, Ngetich won the bronze medal in the individual race and gold in the team standings at the World Cross Country Championships held in Bathurst, Australia.^[9]^[10]^[11]

In September 2023, Ngetich broke the women-only world 10km record in the Transylvania 10km in Brasov, Romania, with a time of 29:24. This surpassed the previous mark of 30:01 set by Agnes Tirop in Herzogenaurach in 2021. Ngetich completed the first 5km in 14:25, which was four seconds faster than the previous women-only world record over this distance. The same month, the organizers of the run released a statement that the distance of the run was 25 m short which led to a non-record-eligible course.^[12]

On 14 January 2024, Ngetich set a world record for the 10 km run by a woman in a mixed-gender race. At the 10K Valencia Ibercaja, she improved on the former world record of Yalemzerf Yehualaw by 28 seconds. Ngetich had a finishing time of 28:46, becoming the first woman to break the 29 minute barrier, on the roads or track. Her performance was faster than Letesenbet Gidey’s then-10,000 m world record of 29:01.03, and faster than the current 10,000 m world record of 28:54.14 set by Beatrice Chebet. She also improved the world record for the 5 km run by a woman in a mixed-gender race as she went through the 5km checkpoint in 14:13, 6 seconds faster than the previous record set by Ethiopia’s Ejgayehu Taye in 2021.^[4]

At the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia she finished in fifth place as Kenya won team gold.^[13]

On 27 October 2024, Ngetich won the Valencia Half Marathon in a time of 1 hour 3 minutes and 4 seconds, missing Letesenbet Gidey's world record of 1 hour 2 minutes and 52 seconds by 13 seconds. This time places Ngetich as the second fastest half marathon runner in history behind Gidey.^[5]

Personal bests

All information taken from World Athletics Profile.^[14]

Category	Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor Track	3000 m	8:32.62	Oslo	15 June 2023
	5000 m	14:36.70	Paris	9 June 2023
	10,000 m	31:34.83	Budapest	19 August 2023
Road	Mile	4:36.51	Honolulu	8 December 2018
	5 km	14:13+	Valencia	14 January 2024	World record, en route to 10 km
	10 km	28:46	Valencia	14 January 2024	World record
	Half marathon	1:03:04	Valencia	27 October 2024	2nd all time