Pamela Chepchumba (born March 8, 1979 in Kapsait, West Pokot District) is an

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from

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. Her best achievements are from

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. Aged only 13, Chemchumba competed at the

1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, at the Franklin Park on March 21, 1992. A report on the event was given in ''The New York Times''. Complete results for senior men, junior men, ...

, finishing 27th in the junior race. Still at junior level, she participated in the 1994 and 1995 edition of

IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...

, finishing 7th and 10th respectively. At the time she took a break in running to concentrate in schooling, where she was lagging. She went to Kapkenda Secondary School in 1997.IAAF, October 10, 2007
Focus on Kenya - Pamela Chepchumba
/ref> Pamela Chepchumba was suspended for two years after testing positive for EPO at the

2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 29/30, 2003. The races were held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', in t ...

held in

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. She had finished sixth, but was disqualified.Daily Nation, May 28, 2003
''Kenyan tests positive for banned drug''
/ref> She returned in 2005 and won the Udine Half Marathon. Her husband Boaz Kimaiyo is also a runner, as is her younger brother Nicholas Koech, who mainly competes in road races. She has two daughters (as of 2007). She is managed by

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and coached by

Eric Kimaiyo Erick Kimaiyo Kimase (born 8 July 1969) is a Kenyan former marathon runner who came second at the 1997 Berlin Marathon, and won the Honolulu and Baltimore Marathons on multiple occasions. Kimaiyo now works as a marathon coach, and trains curr ...

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*2001 Heusden International,

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

- 1st. *2001

Parelloop Parelloop (''Pearl Run'' in English) is an annual 10 kilometres road running competition usually held in late March or early April in Brunssum, Netherlands. The inaugural edition was held in 1989. In 2009, Micah Kogo broke the world record for th ...

10K - 1st *2005 Udine Half Marathon,

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

- 1st *2005

Nairobi Marathon The Nairobi Marathon is an annual road running competition over the marathon distance usually held in October in Nairobi, Kenya. First held in 2003, the competition expanded and now includes a half marathon race along with the main race. It was p ...

- 3rd *2006

Paris Marathon The Paris Marathon (french: Marathon de Paris) is an annual marathon hosted by the city of Paris, France. It is the marathon with the second-most finishers in the world, behind the New York City Marathon. The marathon begins along the Champs ...

- 3rd *2006 Beijing Marathon - 2nd (time 2:34:51) *2006

Portugal Half Marathon Luso Portugal Half Marathon or Luso Meia Maratona de Portugal is an annual half marathon contested every October in Lisbon, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose ...

- 1st *2007 Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon - 1st trackandfieldnews.com
Main Contenders
/ref> *2007

Milan Marathon The Milano City Marathon is a marathon race held every April in Milan, Italy. It was first organised in 2000 by the Milano City Marathon Club and the first nine editions were held in November. History The 2009 edition of the race, initially se ...

- 1st (time 2:25:36, PB) *2007 Philadelphia Distance Run (half marathon) - 1st *2008

Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon is an annual half marathon held in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. History The first event, in 2007, saw Samuel Wanjiru breaking the world record, but Wanjiru himself set a new world record only a month later in ...

-2nd *2008

Lisbon Half Marathon EDP Lisbon Half Marathon is an annual international half marathon competition which is contested every March in Lisbon, Portugal. It carries IAAF Gold Label Road Race status. The men's course record of 57:31 was set by Jacob Kiplimo in 2021, whi ...

-2nd *2008 Bogota Half Marathon -1st *2008 Hamburg Marathon - 2nd (time 2:28:36) *2008

Porto Half Marathon The Porto Half Marathon (Portuguese: ''Meia-Maratona do Porto'') is an annual half marathon road running event held in Porto, Portugal which follows the River Douro. Known as the Hyundai Porto Half Marathon for sponsorship reasons, the inaugural ed ...

- 1st (time 1:10:26) *2009

Tokyo Marathon The is an annual marathon sporting event in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. It is a World Athletics Platinum Label marathon and one of the six World Marathon Majors. The latest edition of the race took place on . It is sponsored by Tokyo Metro. H ...

- 9th *2009

- 1st (time 1:10:24) October 18, 2009
Gebrselassie just outside 60 minutes at Porto Half
/ref> *2009 Honolulu Marathon - 3rd

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chepchumba, Pamela 1979 births Living people Kenyan female long-distance runners Doping cases in athletics Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases People from West Pokot County Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province Kenyan female cross country runners

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