Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei suffered 80 per cent burns
Joseph Cheptegei, father of Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei, accompanied by her daughter Everlyne Chelagat, during a press conference at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret City of Uasin Gishu County on September 03, 2024.
Rebecca Cheptegei is also an officer with the Uganda People’s Defence Force.
She holds the Ugandan women’s marathon record of 2:22:47 set in the Abu Dhabi Marathon in the United Arab Emirates on December, 17, 2022.
Doctors have described Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei’s condition as critical, but stable after she sustained 80 per cent burns in an alleged domestic attack involving her partner.
Cheptegei was referred to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret for specialised treatment on Monday from Kitale County Referral Hospital in Trans Nzoia County where she had been admitted on Sunday after her partner Dickson Marangach alleged doused her with petrol before setting her on fire.
