Abraham Cherono

Abraham Cherono (born 21 July 1980 in Keiyo District) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and cross-country running.

He is the older brother of Stephen Cherono, who moved to Qatar and changed his name to Saif Saaeed Shaheen.[https://archive.today/20130422085226/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/11/26/soaths26.xml&site=2&page=0 The Daily Telegraph]

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{KEN}}
1998 \|World Junior Championships \|Annecy, France \|bgcolor="silver" align="center" \| 2nd \|3000m steeplechase \|8:32.24
rowspan=2\|2000 \|rowspan=2\|World Cross Country Championships \|rowspan=2\|Vilamoura, Portugal \|align="center" \| 11th \|Long race (12.3 km) \|36:00
bgcolor="gold" align="center" \| 1st \|Team competition \|18 pts
2002 \|Commonwealth Games \|Manchester, England \|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" \| 3rd \|3000m steeplechase \|8:19.85
rowspan=5\|2003 \|rowspan=2\|World Cross Country Championships \|rowspan=2\|Lausanne, Switzerland \|align="center" \| 12th \|Long race (12.355 km) \|37:17
bgcolor="gold" align="center" \| 1st \|Team competition \|17 pts
World Championships \|Paris, France \|align="center" \| 5th \|3000m steeplechase \|8:13.37
Military World Games \|Catania, Italy \|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" \| 3rd \|3000m steeplechase \|8:45.36
World Athletics Final \|Monte Carlo, Monaco \|align="center" \| 10th \|3000m steeplechase \|8:35.67

colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}

1998

|World Junior Championships

|Annecy, France

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|3000m steeplechase

|8:32.24

rowspan=2|2000

|rowspan=2|World Cross Country Championships

|rowspan=2|Vilamoura, Portugal

|align="center" | 11th

|Long race (12.3 km)