Purity Rionoripo

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Purity Cherotich Rionoripo
Personal information
Born (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 32)
Sport
CountryFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Sport Long-distance running

Purity Cherotich Rionoripo (born 10 June 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. [1]

She won the Copenhagen Half Marathon in 2015 in 1:08:29 as well as the Lisbon Marathon in 2:25:09. She won the 2017 Paris Marathon with a time of 2:20:55, [2] and the Prague Marathon 2021 "Battle of the Teams" event in 2:20:14. [3]

In a press release from December 20th, 2022, The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) published that she has been banned for 5 years for violations of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules after testing positive for the banned diuretic furosemide. [4] [5]

She is married to Kenyan runner Paul Lonyangata. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "z-Purity Cherotich Rionoripo - 2017 Boston Marathon Media Guide". bostonmarathonmediaguide.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "IAAF: Husband-wife duo Lonyangata and Rionoripo take Paris marathon crowns- News - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Prague Marathon: Battle of the Teams | AIMS | Race news". aims-worldrunning.org. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Kenyans Kipyokei, Rionoripo handed lengthy bans for doping, Lempus charged | Reuters". Archived from the original on 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-12-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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