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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on female ...
She began her career in 2010 and competed in 1,500 meters, 10,000 meters, half-marathons and marathons. She represented Uganda in the 2011 and 2013 World Cross Championships in Punta Umbria and ...
“We are heartbroken by the tragic murder of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei,” a social media post from Tirop’s Angels said on Thursday. “Another life lost to gender-based violence.
Rebecca Cheptegei was born on the Kenyan side of the Kenya–Uganda border on 22 February 1991 [1] [2] [3] to Joseph and Agnes Cheptegei [4] and was the second of 13 siblings. [5] Her ancestral village was Bukwo in Uganda. She later moved to the village of Chepkum in Kenya [1] and bought property there to be closer to athletic training centres. [6]
Rebecca Cheptegei, a marathon runner who competed for Uganda at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has died days after she was set on fire, allegedly by an ex-boyfriend.. Cheptegei, 33, was left fighting ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished at the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in the western Trans Nzoia County.
He was again affected by malaria, and a boil on his leg, in 2010, but again lowered the Ugandan record to 8:03.81. He finished 4th at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [1] Kiplagat was reported to have been stabbed to death, after his body was found in a car on 31 December 2023, near Eldoret in Kenya.
A Ugandan athlete who appeared in the 2024 Paris Olympics has died after reportedly being set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya.. As previously reported by PEOPLE, distance runner Rebecca ...