| Purity Cherotich Rionoripo | |
| Birth Date: | 1993 6, df=yes |
| 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.