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Flomena Cheyech Daniel (born July 5, 1982 in West Pokot, Kenya) is a Kenyan athlete who competes in long distance and marathon races. She set her personal best of 2:22:44 winning the 2014

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and was a gold medalist at the

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. She represented Kenya at the 1999 IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships in Dublin, Ireland and at the

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. She was based in Japan between 2007 and 2010, running for the Uniqlo corporate team, and was a two-time winner of the Japanese Corporate Half Marathon. She has also won marathons in Vienna and Toronto.

Career

Daniel's international debut came as a junior at the

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, where she ranked tenth individually and helped Kenya to the team silver medal.Filomena Cheyech
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-27. She later focused on the

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track distance and improved from 33:22.3 minutes in 2004 to 33:10.5 minutes in 2006.Filomena Cheyech - Progression
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-27. That same year she ran her first

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race at the Nairobi Marathon and placed seventh in a time of 2:42:31 hours.Filomena Cheyech
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-07-27. Coached by Eric Kimaiyo in Japan's corporate running system,Nakamura, Ken (2008-03-17)
All JPN Corporate team Half Marathon Championships
Road Racing Stats. Retrieved on 2014-07-27. she set personal bests on the track of 9:16.21 minutes for the

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, 15:54.70 minutes for the

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and 32:47.98 minutes for the 10,000 m. She made her debut over the half marathon in the 2008

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and was runner-up to Yukiko Akaba with a time of 69:06 minutes. That time ranked her 14th in the world that year for the distance. She again improved her bests in the Japanese track season with 15:38.83 minutes for the 5000 m and 31:58.50 minutes for the 10,000 m. She returned to the Corporate Half Marathon in 2009 and was the winner in a new best of 68:44 minutes. After a seventh-place finish at the Sapporo Half Marathon she was chosen to represent Kenya at the

, where she came in eighth place. She also had success over 10,000 m that year, winning at the Hyogo Relays and coming third at the

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. Daniel won her second Japanese Corporate title at the 2010 half marathon race and also placed third in Sapporo that year. She missed the rest of the season and all of 2011 after being dropped by the corporate team, only returning in mid-2012. She began to establish herself in the marathon, winning in Porto Alegre with a best of 2:34:13 hours then coming second at the

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. She began working with

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's training group in Italy. A series of road wins followed in 2013. She won the

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in a time of 67:39 minutes, knocking over a minute of her best and ranking ninth in the world that year. The Vienna Marathon proved to be a big breakthrough for Daniel: she ran the distance in 2:24:34 hours (an almost ten-minute improvement on the previous year) and won the race by a margin of nearly seven minutes. She was also the clear victor at the

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in October. Daniel's first big race of 2014 was the

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and although she was defeated by

Priscah Jeptoo Priscah Jeptoo (born 26 June 1984) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She has won marathons in New York, Paris, Turin, and London and has a best time of 2:20:14 for the distance. She was the runner-up i ...

, she was the runner-up in 68:13 minutes. She confirmed her ability over the longer marathon distance that April by winning the high-profile

with a new personal best of 2:22:44 hours – second-placed Yebrqual Meles was three and a half minutes behind her. She was chosen to represent Kenya in the marathon for the first time at the

. In that race she was a clear leader throughout and in the final stages eased away from compatriot

Caroline Kilel Caroline Cheptanui Kilel (born 21 March 1981) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in road running competitions. She was the winner at the 2011 Boston Marathon and the Frankfurt Marathon in 2010 and 2013. Kilel took the silver medal ...

to win the gold medal – taking the first individual international medal of her career at the age of 32.Broadbent, Chris (2014-07-27)
Commonwealth Games begin with two gold medals for Kenya
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-27.

Personal bests

– 9:16.21 min (2007) *

– 15:19.47 min (2009) *

– 31:58.50 min (2008) *

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– 31:43 min (2010) * Half marathon – 67:39 min (2013) *

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– 2:22:44 min (2014)

International competition record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheyech Daniel, Flomena Living people 1982 births Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners People from West Pokot County Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Paris Marathon female winners Kenyan female cross country runners Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games