Rebecca Cheptegei
Ugandan athlete (1991–2024)
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- Rebecca Cheptegei (22 February 1991 – 5 September 2024) was a Ugandan cross country, long-distance and marathon runner, who was the national record holder in the latter discipline and a former world champion in mountain running.
- She also competed in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
- Personal life Rebecca Cheptegei was born on the Kenyan side of the Kenya–Uganda border on 22 February 1991 to Joseph and Agnes Cheptegei and was the second of 13 siblings.
- She later moved to the village of Chepkum in Kenya and bought property there to be closer to athletic training centres.
- She joined the Uganda People's Defence Force in 2008 and rose to become a sergeant.
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WikipediaRebecca Cheptegei (22 February 1991 – 5 September 2024) was a Ugandan cross country, long-distance and marathon runner, who was the national record holder in the latter discipline and a former world champion in mountain running.
Cheptegei represented Uganda at several World Championships since 2010, including IAAF World Cross Country Championships, World Mountain and Trail Running Championships and World Athletics Championships. She also competed in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She was killed in September 2024 by her former partner, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, who doused her with petrol and set her alight, reportedly over a land dispute in Kenya.
Rebecca Cheptegei was born on the Kenyan side of the Kenya–Uganda border on 22 February 1991 to Joseph and Agnes Cheptegei and was the second of 13 siblings. Her ancestral village was Bukwo in Uganda. She later moved to the village of Chepkum in Kenya and bought property there to be closer to athletic training centres. She had two children with her estranged husband, Simon Ayeko, and was formerly in a relationship with Dickson Ndiema Marangach. She joined the Uganda People's Defence Force in 2008 and rose to become a sergeant. She was also a member of its athletics club.
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