Lydia Cheromei

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Lydia Cheromei (born May 15, 1977 in Baringo District) is a Kenyan athlete. She specializes in long distance running. She was bronze medalist at the World Junior Championships and won the junior category of the World Cross Country Championships in 1991 at the age of 13.

She was mostly inactive between 1994-1997 [1] and did compete between 2001-2004 either [2]. In 2006 Cheromei was found guilty of clomiphene doping. The sample was delivered on 24 February 2005 in an out-of-competition test in Eldoret. She received an IAAF suspension from May 2005 to May 2007. ^[1]

Her brother Joseph Cheromei is also a runner.

Contents 1 Achievements 1.1 Personal bests 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	3rd	10,000 m
1991	World Cross Country Championships	Antwerp, Belgium	1st	Junior race
1992	World Cross Country Championships	Boston, United States	3rd	Junior race
1995	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Monaco	7th	3000 m
1997	World Cross Country Championships	Turin, Italy	11th	Long race
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th	5000 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	2nd	5000 m
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	4th	Long race
	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	6th	5000 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	4th	3000 m
2001	World Cross Country Championships	Oostende, Belgium	3rd	Long race
2004	World Half Marathon Championships	New Delhi, India	2nd	Half marathon

Other achievements include three victories (1999, 2000 and 2005) at Saint Silvester Race held annually in Brazil.

[edit] Personal bests

• 1500 metres - 4:13.06 min (2000)
• 3000 metres - 8:29.14 min (2000)
• 5000 metres - 14:46.72 min (1997)
• 10,000 metres - 31:41.09 min (1992)
• 10 kilometres - 31:33 min (2004)
• 15 kilometres - 47:02 min (2004)
• Half marathon - 1:09:00 hrs (2004)

[edit] See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Lydia Cheromei

[edit] References

1. ^ "Doping Rule Violation", IAAF, 11 January 2007. Retrieved on 2006-11-27. 

Sporting positions
Preceded by Incumbent	Rotterdam Women's Half Marathon Winner 2004	Succeeded by Bezunesh Bekele
Preceded by Mestewat Tufa	Zevenheuvelenloop Women's Winner (15km) 2004	Succeeded by Berhane Adere