Lonah Chemtai also came in first among the women in the Tel Aviv Marathon in 2016 and won the 10,000 meters European Championship in August.
By CASSANDRA GOMES-HOCHBERGUpdated: NOVEMBER 25, 2018 16:57Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel celebrates after winning a gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the European Championships in Berlin(photo credit: REUTERS)
Kenyan-Israeli runner Lonah Korlima Chemtai, 29, won the Florence Marathon on Sunday.Under heavy rain, Chemtai broke the record, finishing in 2:24:17.Chemtai won the Tel Aviv Marathon in 2016 and won the 10,000 meters European Championship in August.She grew up in a village in West Pokot County in western Kenya and gained Israeli citizenship in 2016 after she married her coach, Dan Salpeter, in Kenya.Chemati began her running career as a short-distance runner and started running marathons after the birth of her son, Roy. She lives in Yanuv.
