Lenah Cheruiyot

Lenah Jemutai Cheruiyot (born 1 March 1973) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who competed mainly in road running competitions. Her highest international honour was a team gold medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2002, which she shared for finishing seventh. She competed in events up to the marathon distance and set a best of 2:26:00 hours for that event at the 2008 Paris Marathon, where she was placed third.

Although her international career was limited, she competed extensively on the professional road circuit and won many high calibre races, including: the Venice Marathon (twice), the Humarathon, Lille Half Marathon, Paris Half Marathon (twice), Porto Half Marathon, CPC Loop Den Haag, and 20 Kilomètres de Paris. She had 41 career victories in distance running.

International competitions

Circuit wins Venice Marathon: 2006, 2007 Humarathon: 2004 Lille Half Marathon: 2004 Paris Half Marathon: 2005, 2008 Porto Half Marathon: 2007 CPC Loop Den Haag: 2002 20 Kilomètres de Paris: 2004 Würzburger Residenzlauf: 2002, 2001 Paderborner Osterlauf: 2002 Parelloop: 2002 Breda Singelloop: 2001 Lotto Crosscup de Hannut: 2003 Sylvestercross: 2002

Personal bests 5000 metres – 15:44.54 min (2001) 10K run – 31:21 min (2002) Half marathon – 68:54 min (2002) Marathon – 2:26:00 (2008)