Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter

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Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter athletics

Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter (2018)
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (center) at the
European Championships 2018 in Berlin

Full name Lonah Korlima Chemtai Saltpeter
nation IsraelIsrael Israel
birthday 12th December 1988 (age 31)
place of birth Kapkanyar ,  Kenya
size 165 cm
Weight 52 kg
Career
society Maccabi Tel Aviv
Trainer Dan Saltpeter
National squad since 2016
status active
Medal table
European championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
EAA logo European championships
gold Berlin 2018 10,000 m
last change: January 19, 2019

Lonah Korlima Chemtai Saltpeter ( Hebrew לונה צ'מטאי-סלפטר); (Born December 12, 1988 in Kapkanyar , West Pokot County ) is an Israeli long-distance runner of Kenyan origin.

Life

Born in Kenya, Lonah Chemtai came to Israel in 2008 to work as a nanny for a diplomat at the Kenyan embassy in Herzliya . There she met her future trainer Dan Salpeter, whom she married in 2014, and began to train professionally. In 2011 she won the Israeli championships in the 1,500 meter run for the first time . In the next few years she had further victories in the national championships at distances of 3000 to 10,000 meters. In 2016, she won the Tel Aviv Marathon in 2:40:17 hours and, after two previously unfinished marathons in Berlin and Tiberias, also met the qualification standard for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . She then obtained Israeli citizenship. For the first time she represented Israel at the European Championships in Amsterdam , where she finished 40th in the half marathon in 1:15:22 hours. At the Olympic Games, she competed in the marathon , but gave up the race prematurely. Six weeks later she finished eleventh in the Berlin Marathon in 2:40:16 hours. At the 2017 World Championships in London, she finished 41st in 2:40:22 hours.

In the 2018 season, Salpeter was able to significantly increase her best performances on all distances from 1500 meters to the marathon and advanced to the world class in the long-distance segment. At the European Championships in Berlin she celebrated her greatest success to date when she won the gold medal in the 10,000 meter run in 31: 43.29 minutes. It was the first Israeli victory at the European Athletics Championships. Four days later, she also competed there in the 5000 meter run . Just behind the Dutchman Sifan Hassan , she prematurely cheered for the silver medal because one lap before the end she mistakenly assumed that she had already reached the goal. After realizing her mistake, she was overtaken by Eilish McColgan and Yasemin Can , so she finally finished the race in fourth place. However, she was subsequently disqualified because of an irregular lane change on the first lap. Then she successfully contested a few road races . Among other things, she won the Dam tot Damloop over 10 miles in 50:45 minutes in September and set a new course record at the Florence Marathon in November with her winning time of 2:24:17 hours.

In March 2019, Salpeter won the Roma - Ostia half marathon . At the Prague Half Marathon on April 6th, she finished second in 1:06:09 hours. At the beginning of May she won the Prague Marathon with a course record of 2:19:46 hours. On the other hand, she did not finish at the end of September in the marathon run at the World Championships in Doha . At the Frankfurt Marathon a month later, she finished fourth in 2:23:11 hours.

On March 1, 2020, Salpeter won the Tokyo Marathon with a new course record of 2:17:45 hours.

Personal best

  • 3000 m: 8: 42.88 min, August 18, 2018, Birmingham
  • 5000 m: 14: 59.02 min, July 21, 2019, London
  • 10,000 m: 31: 15.78 min, July 6, 2019, London
  • 10 km road race: 30:05 min, September 1, 2019, Tilburg
  • Half marathon: 1:06:09 h, April 6, 2019, Prague
  • Marathon: 2:17:45 h, March 1, 2020, Tokyo

Performance development

1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10,000 m 10 km half marathon marathon
2011 4: 36.59 - - - - - -
2012 4: 34.44 - - 35: 37.59 - - -
2013 4: 30.54 9: 26.47 16: 23.64 - - - -
2014 - - - 35: 12.99 - 1:19:09 -
2015 4: 28.73 - 16: 41.30 36: 05.01 - - -
2016 - - - 35: 01.33 - 1:14:11 2:40:16
2017 4: 23.94 9: 26.44 16: 12.51 32: 43.89 - 1:12:48 2:40:22
2018 4: 11.69 8: 42.88 15: 17.81 31: 33.03 31:46 1:07:55 2:24:17
2019 4: 20.51 8: 56.55 14: 59.02 31: 15.78 30:05 1:06:09 2:19:46

Web links

Commons : Lonah Chemtai Salpeter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Landells: Lonah Chemtai Salpeter: I love running because ... In: iaaf.org. August 30, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Luke Tress: The mom who beat the odds, and the bureaucrats, to become Israel's top runner. In: The Times of Israel. January 16, 2019, accessed May 6, 2019 .
  3. ^ Abigail Klein Leichmann: Israeli runner wins European Athletics Championships gold. In: ISRAEL21c. August 12, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Uri Talshir: Kenyan-born runner wins Race to Attain Israeli citizenship. In: Haaretz.com. March 17, 2016, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Stefan Frank: 10,000 meter runner Lonah Salpeter wins gold for Israel. In: Jüdische Rundschau. September 6, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Israeli Salpeter cheers one lap too early. In: Spiegel Online . August 12, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Eric Roeske: Salpeter and Cheptegei prevail at Dam tot Damloop 10-miler. In: iaaf.org. September 23, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Diego Sampaolo: Saltpeter clocks 2:24:17 course record in Florence. In: iaaf.org. November 25, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Road round-up: Johannes victorious in Nagoya, Bounasr wins Lake Biwa Marathon, records fall in Barcelona, ​​Salpeter wins Roma-Ostia Half. In: iaaf.org. March 10, 2019, accessed March 23, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Road round-up: Kimeli wins second straight title at Prague Half Marathon, Kipkirui dominates women's race. In: iaaf.org. April 6, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019 .
  11. ^ Salpeter smashes Prague Marathon course record with 2:19:46. In: iaaf.org. May 5, 2019, accessed on May 6, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Ken Nakamura: Legese retains Tokyo Marathon crown while Salpeter smashes course record. In: worldathletics.org. March 1, 2020, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Saltpeter, Lonah Chemtai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saltpeter, Lonah Korlima Chemtai (full name); לונה צ'מטאי-סלפטר (Hebrew)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Kapkanyar , West Pokot County