Joseph Cheromei Kiprotich (born 24 January 1966) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner and athletics coach. He was a team gold medallist at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships with Lameck Aguta and Thomas Osano, having finished sixteenth individually. His personal best for the marathon was 2:11:44 hours, achieved at the 1997 Prague International Marathon.[1]
He regularly ran on the European professional road running circuit from 1992 to 2003 and won the Giro di Castelbuono (1993), Livorno Marathon (1998) and Quattro Porte Half Marathon (1998).[2][3][4] During the course of his career, he completed no less than 43 marathons. In addition to Livorno, he won marathons in Italy in Pompei and Parabita, as well as the Florianópolis marathon in Brazil. At higher level races, he was runner-up at the Italian Marathon in 1997 and the 20 km of Brussels in 1995, and was fourth at the 1995 Florence Marathon.[5]
After retiring he went into coaching and among others coached his sister Lydia Cheromei.[6][7]
JosephCheromei Kiprotich (born 24 January 1966) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner and athletics coach. He was a team gold medallist at the 1993...
Cheromei is a surname of Kenyan origin. Notable people with the surname include: JosephCheromei (born 1966), Kenyan former marathon runner and coach Lydia...
Sport Athletics Event(s) 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10K run Coached by JosephCheromei Achievements and titles World finals 2022 Eugene • 5000 m: 10th, 15:01...
Lydia Cheromei (born 15 May 1977, in Baringo District) is a Kenyan athlete born into a family of athletes. She specialises in long distance running. She...
Costa Delmir dos Santos 3:05:56 1993 Kenya Lameck Aguta Thomas Osano JosephCheromei 3:05:40 Australia Steve Moneghetti John Andrews Pat Carroll 3:05:43...
Champion Sally Barsosio, Rose Cheruiyot, and world junior champion Lydia Cheromei (all of whom lived in O'Connell's back garden houses). Each Christmas Eve...
Championships in Valencia, Spain. h:m:s Butcher, Pat (2011-04-02). Limo and Cheromei shatter course records at Prague Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-03...
October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2023. Wim van Hemert, "Kirui 2:07 and Cheromei 2:25 debut - Double Kenyan victory in Amsterdam", World Athletics, 19 October...
20:27 Liz McColgan United Kingdom 20:28 Junior women (4.435 km) Lydia Cheromei Kenya 13:59 Jane Ekimat Kenya 14:20 Melody Fairchild United States 14:28...
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