Iness Chepkesis Chenonge

{{Short description|Kenyan runner (born 1982)}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Chenonge|Chenogne}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} '''Iness Chepkesis Chenonge''' (born 1 February 1982 in Trans-Nzoia District) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. She was the bronze medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and repeated the feat eight years later at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, forming a Kenyan sweep of the medals with Vivian Cheruiyot and Sylvia Kibet.<ref>Rowbottom, Mike (13 October 2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58501.html Women’s relay team crowns Indian glory – Commonwealth Games, Day Seven]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-21.</ref>

Chenonge was the 2008 winner of the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale road race. She set a personal best of 1:09:08 for the half marathon in March 2011, taking fifth place at the Lisbon Half Marathon.<ref>Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (20 March 2011). [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR11/news/newsid=59589.html Tadese blazes 58:30 in Lisbon, second fastest Half Marathon ever]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-21.</ref>

==Major championship record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}} |- |rowspan=2|2002 |Commonwealth Games |Melbourne, Australia |bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |5000 m | |- |World Half Marathon Championships |Brussels, Belgium |20th |Half Marathon | |- |2003 |World Athletics Final |Monte Carlo, Monaco |9th |5000 m | |- |2004 |World Athletics Final |Monte Carlo, Monaco |align="center" | 7th |5000 m | |- |2005 |World Athletics Final |Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th |5000 m | |- |rowspan=2|2006 |Commonwealth Games |Melbourne, Australia | 6th |5000 m | |- |World Athletics Final |Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd |3000 m | |- |rowspan=4|2009 |World Cross Country Championships |Amman, Jordan | 10th |Long race | |- |World Championships |Berlin, Germany | 6th |5000m | |- |rowspan=2|World Athletics Final |rowspan=2|Thessaloniki, Greece | 4th |3000 m | |- | 7th |5000 m | |- |rowspan=2|2010 |Continental Cup |Split, Croatia |5th |3000 m | |- |Commonwealth Games |New Delhi, India |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |5000 m |}

===Personal bests=== *1500 metres – 4:08.61 (2009) *3000 metres – 8:39.29 min (2006) *5000 metres – 14:39.19 min (2010) *Half marathon – 1:09:08 hrs (2011)

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==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Iness Chepkesis Chenonge}} * [http://www.demadonna.com/atlete/chenonge%20iness.htm Iness Chenonge at ''demadonna.com''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828173658/http://www.demadonna.com/atlete/chenonge%20iness.htm |date=28 August 2008 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chenonge, Ines}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:People from Trans-Nzoia County Category:Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province Category:Kenyan women long-distance runners Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Kenyan women cross country runners Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics