Frankline Kibet

Frankline Kibet Chebet is a Kenyan long-distance and Cross [country running|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.