| Kipyegon Bett | |
| Nationality: | Kenyan |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1998 |
| Death Place: | Bomet County, Kenya |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | 800 meters |
Kipyegon Bett (1 February 1998 – 6 October 2024) was a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. Bett won the 800 metres at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[1] He also came second in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia.[2] In the second meet of the 2017 IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai, Bett won the 800 m event in 1:44.70.[3]
Bett won the bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships held in London.[4]
He tested positive for EPO in 2018[5] [6] and received a four-year ban in November of the same year.[7]
He was the brother of Purity Kirui, a two-time Commonwealth Games 3000 m Steeplechase medallist.
Kipyegon Bett died from renal and hepatic failure[8] on 6 October 2024, while receiving treatment at a hospital in Bomet County after being ill for over a month. He was 26.[9]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | African Youth Championships | Réduit, Mauritius | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 800 m | 1:51.67 |
| World Youth Championships | Cali, Colombia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 800 m | 1:45.86 | |
| 2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 800 m | 1:44.95 |
| 2017 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 800 m relay | 7:13.70 |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 800 m | 1:45:21 | ||