Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
[4][5][6][7] The members of the tribe speak the Pokot language and Swahili, are warriors, and do not like running--despite being good runners.[7][10] In 2005, her father died, at 55 years of age, and Lonah helped her mother by tilling the land of the family farm, milking cows, cooking, washing, and fetching water from the river.[18][6] She received support in her quest for Israeli citizenship from Kenya's Ambassador to Israel, Augostino Njoroge.[4][13][14][20] She said: "When I started seeing people running in [Tel Aviv], I said to myself ‘I can be like them.’ Then I met my husband, and he was encouraging me and supporting me a lot.During my training in Kenya, I tried to stop, but it caused me pain and a shoulder problem due to running with breasts full of milk.[27] In June 2017, Salpeter won a silver medal in the 2017 European Athletics Team Championships Second League 5,000 metre race in Tel Aviv, Israel, as she ran a 16:19.90.[32][33][6][34] However, as race officials rang the bell indicating the start of the final lap, Salpeter realized her error, and sprinted after the leader.[6] In September 2018, Salpeter won the Dam tot Damloop 10-mile race in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with a time of 50:45.[43] She moved to third on the European all-time list in the marathon, behind world record-holder Paula Radcliffe (2:15:25) and Irina Mikitenko (2:19:19).[41] Also in May 2019, she won the silver medal in the European Champion Clubs Cup ECCC Group B 1,500 metre race in Tampere, Finland, in 4:20.51.[44] In July 2019, she won a silver medal in the 2019 European 10,000 m Cup in London, with an Israeli national record of 31:15.78, seven seconds behind Steph Twell.[39][45] In August 2019 Salpeter won a gold medal in the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships Second League 5,000 metre race, in Varaždin, Croatia, in a time of 15:44.38.[49] She was forced to leave the race after 32 kilometers (20 miles) while she was in fifth place and 11 seconds behind the lead runner, as temperatures rose to 91 °F (32.7 °C), along with humidity of 73% that made it feel like 105 °F (40 °C).[27] In September 2020, Salpeter won the silver medal in the One Hour Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium, with a distance of 18,571 metres.[27] In January 2021, Salpeter won the Yarkon Park 5km Road Race in Tel Aviv, with a time of 15:28.[3] On 14 March 2021, Salpeter won the Agmon Hahula Marathon in Hula Valley with a time of 2:22:37, and qualified to represent Israel at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[56] On 6 August 2021, after running in the leading pack runners for most of the race, Salpeter came in 66th in the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with a time of 2:48:31.[57][58] She was in the front pack of runners with four kilometers (2.5 miles) to go, in a battle for the bronze medal with Molly Seidel, when she had to pause due to severe pain from intense menstrual cramps.[27] Her time was just over a minute after first-place winner Joyciline Jepkosgei, and just 36 seconds after third-place finisher Ashete Bekere.[3] In July 2022, Salpeter won a bronze medal in the 2022 World Athletics Championships marathon in Eugene, Oregon, with a time of 2:20:18.[14][13] In August 2022, Salpeter won the bronze medal for Israel at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, in the 10,000 metres race, and set an Israeli record with a time of 30:36:37.[67] In November 2022, Salpeter won the silver medal at the 2022 New York City Marathon, with a time of 2:23:30, only seven seconds behind the winner Sharon Lokedi.[3] In June 2023, she won the silver medal in the 5,000 metres 2023 European Athletics Team Championships Third Division in Chorzów, Poland, with a time of 15:36.07.[77][78] After leading at the halfway mark, she finished 9th with a time of 2:26:08, three minutes and 13 seconds behind gold medal winner Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands.
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