Frankline Kibet

Frankline Kibet Chebet is a Kenyan long-distance and cross country runner. He won the U20 race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships.

Career

Kibet placed second in the junior race at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in February 2025. Later that year, he was runner-up in the 5000m at the Kenyan trials for the African U20 Championships. In May 2025, Kibet placed sixth in the 5000 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi in 13:45.42.
In October 2025, he was runner-up to Emmanuel Kiprono at the Kenyan jumior cross country championships. He was subsequently selected for the U20 race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, where he won the men’s under-20 race ahead of Kiprono, with Kenya also winning the team gold medal.