Lydia Cheromei

Kenyan marathon runner
Person human Q442315
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Summary

Lydia Cheromei was born on May 15, 1977[1], in Baringo County[2]. She has worked as a marathon runner[3] and athletics competitor[4]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: May 11, 1977[6]
  • Country of citizenship: Kenya[7]
  • Sex or gender: female[8]
  • Commons category: Lydia Cheromei[9]
  • Sport: athletics[10]
  • Given name: Lydia[11]
  • Participant in: 2000 Summer Olympics[12], 1996 Summer Olympics[13]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[14]
  • Country for sport: Kenya[15]
  • Height: 158[16]
  • Sports discipline competed in: marathon[17]
  • Sibling: Joseph Cheromei[18]

Why It Matters

Lydia Cheromei has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] She is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

FAQs

Where was Lydia Cheromei born?

Lydia Cheromei's place of birth was Baringo County[2].

What did Lydia Cheromei do for work?

Lydia Cheromei worked as a marathon runner[3] and athletics competitor[4].

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Athletics podium person id → 26432
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Athletics podium person id: 26432, add P13725 (26432) via [[toolforge:trackbot|athpod]]"
  2. 5w ago · Kevin Scannell · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Given name → Lydia
    Country of citizenship → Kenya
    Instance of → human
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/52645|batch #52645]]"
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