 Salpeter at the European Athletics Championships in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | לונה צ'מטאי-סלפטר | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Lonah Korlima Chemtai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Lonah Korlima Chemtai Salpeter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 1988 Kapkanyar, Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Dan Salpeter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Marathon, Half marathon, 10,000 metres, 5000 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | NN Running Team[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dan Salpeter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2016 Rio de Janeiro Marathon, DNF 2021 Tokyo Marathon, 66th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2022 Eugene World Championship Marathon,  Bronze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals | 2018 Berlin European Championships 10,000 m,  Gold2020 Tokyo Marathon, Bronze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lonah Korlima Chemtai Salpeter (Hebrew: לונה צ'מטאי-סלפטר, née Chemtai, born 12 December 1988) is an Israeli Olympic runner. Born in Kenya, she represents Israel internationally. She won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At the European Athletics Championships in the 10,000 metres, Salpeter won the gold medal in 2018, and earned a bronze medal in 2022. She won the 2020 Tokyo Marathon, won the silver medal at the 2022 New York City Marathon, and finished third at the 2023 Boston Marathon.
Her personal best time for the marathon is 2:17:45, which Salpeter ran in 2020 and which made her the sixth-fastest female marathon runner in history (currently, she is the 11th), the second-fastest European of all time, and set a new Israeli national record. Salpenter represented Israel at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. As of November 2022, she held six Israeli national records, over distances ranging from 3000 metres to the marathon.
Salpeter represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's marathon on 11 August 2024, and finished 9th.
- ^ "Korlima Lornah Chemtai – Olympic Athletics"|Israel Archived 26 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016.com.
- ^ "Israeli runner looks to break 10K record at Tel Aviv Playtika Marathon". The Jerusalem Post. 10 January 2023.
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