Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
IsraelActive- Born
- Dec 12, 1988 (37 years old)
- Birthplace
- Kenya, Kenya
- Events
- 10 Kilometres Road · Marathon
- Height
- 1.65 m
- Weight
- 52 kg
Lonah Korlima Chemtai Salpeter (Hebrew: '-, 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), and set a new Israeli national record. Salpeter 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 8th.
As of Nov 7, 2026: 10 Kilometres Road 30:05, Marathon 2:17:45 (#23 all-time), 2026 season best 16:05 (Feb 13, 2026, Yehuda (ISR)) · Last competition: Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, Oct 18, 2026, 1:14:14 · World Championships: 1 bronze · National record (3000 m) · 37 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5Kilometre | 16:05 | – | Feb 13, 2026 | Road Race - Or Yehuda |
| 2026 | Semi | 1:10:51 | – | Mar 15, 2026 | Meishan Renshou Half Marathon |
| 2025 | 10Kilometr | 32:58 | – | May 10, 2025 | Road race - Herzelia, Herzelia |
| 2025 | Semi | 1:12:00 | – | Jun 29, 2025 | 31. hella Hamburg Half Marathon, Hamburg |
| 2025 | Marathon | 2:23:45 | – | Dec 7, 2025 | Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich, Valencia |
| 2024 | 15Kilometr | 51:14 | – | Nov 17, 2024 | NN Zevenheuvelenloop |
| 2024 | Semi | 1:10:28 | – | Jun 9, 2024 | European Athletics Championships, Stadio Olimpico, Roma |
| 2024 | Marathon | 2:26:08 | – | Aug 11, 2024 | The XXXIII Olympic Games, Stade de France, Paris |