Philomena Cheyech

Flomena Cheyech Daniel (born July 5, 1982 in West Pokot, Kenya) is a Kenyan athlete who competes in long distance and marathon races.

Daniel's international debut came as a junior at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she ranked tenth individually and helped Kenya to the team silver medal.

[4] Daniel won her second Japanese Corporate title at the 2010 half marathon race and also placed third in Sapporo that year.

[8][9] 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.

[11] Daniel's first big race of 2014 was the Ras Al-Khaimah Half Marathon and although she was defeated by Priscah Jeptoo, she was the runner-up in 68:13 minutes.

Flomena Cheyech 'enroute'; photograph shows the winner of 30th Vienna City Marathon, 2013 (women). Her time was 2:24:34.