Beatrice Chebet: Millions She Has Pocketed from Unbeaten 2025 Season

Beatrice Chebet.

Beatrice Chebet: Millions She Has Pocketed from Unbeaten 2025 Season

Joel Omotto 13:30 - 17.07.2025

Beatrice Chebet has been in the form of her life this year, winning all five races she has featured in, but how much has she banked so far?

Double Olympics champion Beatrice Chebet is enjoying a great season and her heroics on the track have also come with a major boost in her bank balance.

Chebet has been unbeaten in all her international events in 2025 with one cross country win and four straight victories on the Diamond League circuit.

So far, Chebet has won the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza, followed by Diamond League wins in Xiamen, Rabat, Rome and most-recently Prefontaine Classic.

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All of them were statement wins as she totally destroyed her rivals and asserted her authority by breaking the world 5,000m record at Prefontaine Classic, when she ran 13:58.06, to become the first woman to clock a sub-14 minute over the distance.

From her heroics in the five races so far, Chebet has banked close to Ksh16 million in just six months and more is yet to come as she will be contesting other Diamond League races and already sealed a place in the season finale in Zurich after which the World Championships will follow in September.

Where Has Beatrice Chebet’s Millions Come From?

Beatrice Chebet become the first woman in history to break 14 minutes in the 5000m

Chebet started her season at the LXXXI Elgoibar Cross Country Juan Muguerza Memoria in Elgoibar, Spain on January 5, when she retained her title and according to World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting regulations, she is guaranteed $10,000 (Ksh1.3 million) for the win and there was also an undisclosed amount in appearance fees.

The 25-year-old then opened her Diamond League campaign in Xiamen, China, on April 26, winning the 5,000m which brought her $20,000 (Ksh2.6 million) as the race was one of the four Diamond + Discipline events whose winner’s prize is double the traditional $10,000.

She then headed to Rabat and run another dominant 3,000m race, clocking 8:11:56, to bank another $10,000 on May 25, before she returned to her specialty 5,000m in Rome on June 6 when she clocked a meeting record 14:03.69.

Her win in Rome also earned her $20,000 given the women’s 5,000m was among the four Diamond + Discipline events in the Italian capital.

Kenyan Ace Can Earn Double From Upcoming Events

Beatrice Chebet
Beatrice Chebet can earn more at Diamond League final and World Championships. Photo: Imago Beatrice Chebet at Rome Diamond League.

Chebet asserted her authority at Prefontaine Classic on July 5 when she lowered the 5,000m world record in Eugene to bank a total of $60,000 (Ksh7.7 million) in just under 14 minutes.

This came from the $10,000 of winning the race and an extra $50,000 (Ksh6.5 million) bonus for breaking the world record which therefore takes her total earnings in prize money to $120,000 (Ksh15.5 million) from the five races so far.

Chebet has an opportunity to earn more than double this amount as winning the Diamond League trophy will generate an extra $30,000 (Ksh3.9 million), assuming she does not run any other Diamond League series race, while at the World Championships, she can pocket up to $140,000 (Ksh18 million) if she pulls off a 10,000m and 5,000m double gold, as she did at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

There is also much more that Chebet has earned from appearance fees although that remains a secret as the amount is negotiated privately between event organizers and the athlete’s representatives.