Susan Chepkemei (born 25 June 1975 in Komol, West Pokot District) is a Kenyan

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

, who competes in the 10,000 metres and

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. In 2001, she won the Rotterdam Marathon and came first in the

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, as well as winning the

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in the World Half Marathon Championships. She won also won the silver medal at the

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in the 10,000 m.

Career

Chepkemei competed at the junior race of IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1990 and 1992, finishing 3rd and 16th, respectively. at the adult level, she attended the long race between 1998 and 2001, the best result being

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in 2000. She made her marathon debut at the 1998 Berlin Marathon and finished second. She won the Parelloop 10K in race in the

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in 1998 and 2000, and also won the

Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale The Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale is an annual half marathon which follows a course from Marseille to Cassis in France during the last weekend in October. It has the silver label of the IAAF Road Race Label Events and is thus among th ...

with a course record time in 2000.Historique Il était une fois …
. Marseille-Cassis. Retrieved on 2009-10-22. She won the Tilburg Ten Miles race (10 km for women) three times a row (2001–2003) On February 25, 2008, the IAAF imposed a competition ban of 1 year on Chepkemei, making the following statement: "The

International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, coverin ...

(IAAF) has been informed by Athletics Kenya (AK) that the female athlete, Susan Chepkemei has been found guilty of the following doping violation under IAAF Rules: Presence of the prohibited substance

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(S3. Beta-2 Agonists) in her doping control sample (IAAF Rule 32.2a). This doping violation relates to an IAAF out-of-competition doping control conducted on 10.09.07 in Nairobi, KEN." Chepkemei was given the

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medication Salbutamol by her doctor after she became pregnant and developed pneumonia; as a result, the ban was reduced to one year. She began her comeback in early 2009.Daily Nation, February 7, 2009
Corporal Kibet’s Prison break
/ref> She is managed by Jos Hermens.

Marathon achievements

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chepkemei, Susan 1975 births Living people People from West Pokot County Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners Doping cases in athletics Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya Kenyan female cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics