Patrick Sang
Appearance
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Men’s Athletics | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
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1992 Barcelona | 3000 m steeplechase |
World Championships | ||
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1991 Tokyo | 3000 m steeplechase |
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1993 Stuttgart | 3000 m steeplechase |
Patrick Sang (born 11 April 1964 in Kapsisiywa, Nandi District) is a running coach and retired Kenyan runner.
Sang won three silver medals in major 3,000 m steeplechase competitions:
He won the gold medal in the 1987 All-Africa Games held in Kenya.
His 3,000 m steeplechase personal best is 8:03.41, set in 1997. In the late 1990s he also competed in marathon and half marathon races.
Collegiately, he competed for the Texas Longhorns.
He is the coach of Eliud Kipchoge, the 2016 Olympic marathon champion who broke the marathon world record in 2018 and also became the first man to run the marathon distance in under 2 hours.[1]
References
- ^ Dennehy, Cathal (12 October 2019). "One Man's Dream Comes True, and the World Celebrates". Runner's World. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
External links
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Kenyan male middle-distance runners
- Kenyan male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Kenya
- Olympic silver medalists for Kenya
- Kenyan male steeplechase runners
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- People from Nandi County
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games gold medalists for Kenya
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games
- Universiade gold medalists for Kenya
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