Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner known for her global achievements, including her recent victory at the 2024 New York City Marathon, clocking 2:24:35.
Born on 7 December 1990, Sheila has excelled in international competitions, winning a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
She also holds the fourth-fastest time on the world all-time list for a women-only 10-kilometre road race.
Mildred Cheche is a true testament to passion and preparedness, having overcome numerous challenges to earn her place on the list of Top 100 Kenyans.
At just 36 years old, she serves as the Head Coach of Kenya's U-17 national team, the Harambee Starlets.
Appointed to the role in January this year, Cheche has already made history in less than a year, breaking a barrier no Kenyan had crossed in the 61 years since independence.
At just 24 years old, Beatrice Chebet is the current world record holder in the 10,000m after clinching gold at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Inspired by her grandmother to pursue running as a career, Chebet set ambitious goals and has achieved remarkable success in just over two years. She became the first woman in history to run under 29 minutes for the 10,000m and the first Kenyan to win double-distance Olympic gold medals (5,000m and 10,000m) at the same Games.
Although born in Germany, Alexandra Ndolo switched allegiances in 2022 to represent Kenya in fencing.
In 2024, she qualified as Kenya's sole fencer for the Paris Olympics.
Born to a Polish mother and a Kenyan father, the 38-year-old is the co-founder and board member of the Kenya Fencing Federation.
She has been instrumental in establishing fencing schools in Nairobi and facilitating fencing scholarship programmes for Kenyan fencers in South Africa.
Eric Ngige is a renowned Kenyan esports gamer.
The 23-year-old is Kenya’s Fifa 23 esports champion and is nicknamed 'Demon' owing to his technical ability on the pad. Ngige is described as a rising star by Esports enthusiasts.
Not only has he emerged as one of the best locally, he has represented Kenya continentally and in global competitions.
For instance, he hoisted Kenya’s flag in the African gamrX Championships in Nigeria and the E-Ligue 1 Tour finals.
Coming from a storied family of successful golfers in Kenya, Mutahi Kibugu has kept the family passion alive.
In 2022, his older brother, Njoroge Kibugu, was the only Kenyan who made the cut at the Magical Kenya Open. This year, Mutahi followed suit.
His father Daniel Kagwe was also an amateur golfer in the 2000s
Mutahi emerged at position 139 in the 2019 Kenya Open but qualified as the top junior in Kenya in 2021
Imagine beating the greatest marathoner of all time.
That’s what Evans Chebet did in April winning his second successive Boston Marathon as Eliud Kipchoge settled for sixth position.
But first things first, who is Evans Chebet?
Aged 35, Chebet is a 3- times major marathon runner who has competed at the highest level on the international stage.
Patrick Odongo is a rugby player who plays as a winger for the Kenya Sevens and the Daystar Falcons.
Odongo who is blessed with bags of pace, agility, and sheer talent has been tipped as the next big thing as Shujaa prepares itself to usher in a new generation of superstars.
In October he was crowned the Sports Personality of the Month after he managed seven tries during the Rugby Africa 7s event that also doubled up as a qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
‘Ask not what your country can do for you but what your country can do for you’ goes a famous saying by former American President JF Kennedy.
Kenyan athletes live by this mantra and keep flying the country’s flag high in international competitions.
Mary Moraa, an athlete who specialises in 800 and 400 metre races has dazzled this year.
Mary Moraa has had an inspiring year, crowned by her gold medal in the 400m at the 2024 African Games.
Willis Otieno is a Kenyan long jump athlete.
In June this year, Willis won Kenya's first medal, silver, at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany after finishing second in the standing long jump.
Otieno, 22, managed 1.25m off his third and final attempt in a contest won by Hajredini Agron of North Macedonia on 1.6m. Sepulveda Roman of Colombia was third after registering a hop of 1.13m.