Hellen Chepngeno (born August 2, 1967 in Kitopen, Bomet District) is a retired athlete from Kenya best known for winning gold at the 1994 World Cross Country Championships She started her career while at Kitopen Primary School.
Chepngeno was selected to compete at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, but finished only 46th.
In 1992 she won the Kenyan trials for the 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
She finished 15th at the World Cross Country Championships held in Boston, United States and was part of the Kenyan gold-medal winning team.
[2] During her running career, she was a corporal in the Kenya Prisons, which is famous for recruiting promising Kenyan athletes.