Joseph Cheromei Kiprotich (born 24 January 1966) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner and athletics coach. He was a team gold medallist at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships with Lameck Aguta and Thomas Osano, having finished sixteenth individually. His personal best for the marathon was 2:11:44 hours, achieved at the 1997 Prague International Marathon.Joseph Cheromei. All-Athletics. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
He regularly ran on the European professional road running circuit from 1992 to 2003 and won the Giro di Castelbuono (1993), Livorno Marathon (1998) and Quattro Porte Half Marathon (1998).Livorno Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS). Retrieved 2016-03-30.Quattro Porte Half Marathon. ARRS. Retrieved 2016-03-30. Giro Podistico Internazionale di Castelbuono (La Corsa Piu' Antica) 10 km. ARRS. Retrieved 2016-03-30. During the course of his career, he completed no less than 43 marathons. In addition to Livorno, he won marathons in Italy in Pompei and Parabita, as well as the Florianópolis marathon in Brazil. At higher level races, he was runner-up at the Italian Marathon in 1997 and the 20 km of Brussels in 1995, and was fourth at the 1995 Florence Marathon.Joseph Cheromei. ARRS. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
After retiring, he went into coaching and among others coached his sister Lydia Cheromei.Dabbs, Brian (2012-05-01). Paths to the Marathon in a Small Kenyan Town. New York Times. Retrieved 2016-03-30.Komen, Jonathan (2011-05-15). Kenya: Cheromei Overcame Barriers to Shine in All Ranks. Daily Nation. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
International competitions 1993World Half Marathon ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium16thHalf marathon1:02:151stTeam3:05:40
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