Kenyan running coach and retired runner (born 1964)
Patrick Sang
Personal information
Born
(1964-04-11) April 11, 1964 (age 60) Kapsisiywa, Nandi District, Kenya
Sport
Country
Kenya
Sport
Athletics
Event
3000 metres steeplechase
Now coaching
Eliud Kipchoge Faith Kipyegon
Achievements and titles
Personal best
3000 m st.: 8:03.41 (Cologne 1997)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Kenya
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona
3000 m st.
World Championships
1991 Tokyo
3000 m st.
1993 Stuttgart
3000 m st.
All-Africa Games
1987 Nairobi
3000 m st.
Patrick Sang (born 11 April 1964) is a Kenyan running coach and retired steeplechase runner.
Sang won three silver medals in major 3000 m steeplechase competitions:
1991 World Championships in Athletics
1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics
1993 World Championships in Athletics
He won the gold medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games held in Kenya.
His 3000 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.
Sang is the coach of Eliud Kipchoge, the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion who broke the marathon world record in 2018 and 2022 and also became the first man to run the marathon distance in under 2 hours, and Faith Kipyegon, double Olympic and world 1500 metres champion.[1][2]
^Dennehy, Cathal (12 October 2019). "One Man's Dream Comes True, and the World Celebrates". Runner's World. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
^"Faith Kipyegon has the marathon in mind". AW. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
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