 In addition to Livorno, he won marathons in Italy in Pompei and Parabita, as well as the Florianapolis 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.After retiring he went into coaching and among others coached his sister Lydia Cheromei.