Lonah Chemtai Salpeter

Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
לונה צ'מטאי-סלפטר
Salpeter at the European Athletics Championships in 2018
Personal information
Native nameלונה צ'מטאי-סלפטר
Birth nameLonah Korlima Chemtai
Full nameLonah Korlima Chemtai Salpeter
National teamIsrael
Born (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988
Kapkanyar, Kenya
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
SpouseDan Salpeter
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon, Half marathon, 10,000 metres, 5000 metres
ClubMaccabi Tel Aviv
TeamNN Running Team
Coached byDan Salpeter
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2016 Rio de Janeiro
Marathon, DNF
2021 Tokyo
Marathon, 66th
World finals2022 Eugene
World Championship Marathon,  Bronze
Regional finals2018 Berlin
European Championships 10,000 m,  Gold

2020 Tokyo
Marathon,  Gold
2022 New York
Marathon,  Silver

2023 Boston
Marathon,  Bronze
Highest world ranking
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Israel
World Championships
2022 EugeneMarathon
European Championships
2018 Berlin10,000 m
2025 BrusselsLeuvenMarathon team
2022 Munich10,000 m
2025 BrusselsLeuvenMarathon
World Marathon Majors
2020 TokyoMarathon
2022 New YorkMarathon
2023 BostonMarathon

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. 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 9th.