Nee Chemtai; Date of Birth: 12.12.88; Height: 1.65m; Weight: 52kg; Coach: Dan Salpeter; Club: Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Personal best performances: Mar: 2:17:45 (’20); Hmar: 1:06:09 (’19); 10kRR: 30:05 (’19); 10000m: 30:46.37 ('22); 5000m: 14:59.02 ('19); 3000m: 8:42.88 (18); 2000m: 5:52.3 (’19); 1500m: 4:11.69 (’18); 1000m: 2:55.90 (’20); 800m: 2:06.63 (’20).
Major championships placings at Mar: Olympic Games: ’16 - dnf, ’21 – 66, ’24 - 9; World Champs: '17 – 41, ’19 - dnf, ’22 – 3, ’23 - 4; World Hmar Champs: ’18 – 12, ’20 - 12; European Champs: '16 - 40 Hmar, ’18 – 1 10000m & dq 5000m, ’22 – 3 10000m, ’24 – 10 Hmar; European CC Champs: '16 – 38, ’17 - 50.
National titles: 1 at 800m (’20), 2 at 1500m (’18, ‘20), 3 at 5000m (’16, ’20, ‘22), 4 at 10000 (’16-’18, ‘22), 1 at 10kRR (‘17), 3 at 15kRR (’17-‘19), 5 at Hmar (’18, ’20-’22, ‘24) , 4 at CC (’16-’18, ‘22); National records: 1 at 1500m (’18), 1 at 2000m (’19), 2 at 3000m (’18), 2 at 5000m (’18-‘19), 5 at 10000m (’17-’19, ‘22), 1 at 1H (’20), 6 at 10kRR (’18-‘19), 4 at Hmar (’17-‘19), 3 at Mar (’18-‘20).
Best marks over the years at 10000m & Mar: ’11 - 38:16.68; ’12 - 35:37.59; ‘14 - 35:12.99; ‘15 - 36:05.01; ‘16 - 35:01.33 & 2:40:16; ’17 – 32:43.89 & 2:40:22; ’18 – 31:33.03 & 2:24:17; ’19 – 31:15.78 & 2:19:46; ’20 – 31:55.0 & 2:17:45; ’21 – 2:18:54; ’22 – 30:46.37 & 2:18:45; ’23 – 2:21:57; ’24 – 2:26:08.
Comments: Moved from Kenya in 2008; Married her coach and became an Israeli citizen early 2016; won the 1st ever European title by an Israeli woman.