Flomena Chepchirchir

Flomena Chepchirchir (born 1 December 1981) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon events. Chepchirchir has won half marathons in Venlo, Glasgow and Zwolle. She is a two-time winner of the BIG 25 Berlin race. She has a half marathon best of 1:08:22 hours and a marathon best of 2:23:00 hours.

Chepchirchir was born in Embu, in Kenya's Eastern Province. One of her earliest wins came at the Cursa de Bombers in 2002, where she won the 10K race in a time of 33:10 minutes. She won the 10K section of the Lidingöloppet cross country race a year later. Chepchirchir began to establish herself in Europe around 2006. That year she came fourth at the Glasgow Half Marathon with a time of 1:11:30 hours, won the Maastrichts Mooiste 15K and came first in the half marathon section of the Drenthe Marathon. In 2007, she came second at the Hamburg 10K, won the Utrecht Half Marathon in a personal best of 1:10:44 hours and set a 25K best of 1:25:38 hours to win the BIG 25 Berlin. Later that season she came fourth at the Dam tot Damloop 10-miler.

Chepchirchir won both the Venloop and Zwolle Half Marathons in 2008. She also bettered her 25K time to 1:24:55 hours at the Berlin 25K, but was beaten into second place by Peninah Arusei. Elsewhere on the European circuit she won the Zwitserloot Dak Run 10K. She was absent for the 2009 and 2010 seasons, but returned to competition in 2011 with a new focus on the longer marathon event.

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