Pamela Chepchumba

Pamela Chepchumba (born March 8, 1979, in Kapsait, West Pokot District) is an athlete from Kenya. Her best achievements are from cross country running.

Aged only 13, Chemchumba competed at the 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing 27th in the junior race. Still at junior level, she participated in the 1994 and 1995 edition of IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing 7th and 10th respectively. At the time she took a break in running to concentrate in schooling, where she was lagging. She went to Kapkenda Secondary School in 1997.

Pamela Chepchumba was suspended for two years after testing positive for EPO at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Lausanne, Switzerland. She had finished sixth, but was disqualified. She returned in 2005 and won the Udine Half Marathon. 2005 Udine Half Marathon, Italy - 1st 2005 Nairobi Marathon - 3rd 2006 Paris Marathon - 3rd 2006 Beijing Marathon - 2nd (time 2:34:51) 2006 Portugal Half Marathon - 1st 2007 Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon - 1st 2007 Milan Marathon - 1st (time 2:25:36, PB) 2007 Philadelphia Distance Run (half marathon) - 1st 2008 Porto Half Marathon - 1st (time 1:10:26) 2009 Tokyo Marathon - 9th 2009 Porto Half Marathon - 1st (time 1:10:24) 2009 Honolulu Marathon - 3rd