Patrick Sang

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]

References

1. Dennehy, Cathal (12 October 2019). "One Man's Dream Comes True, and the World Celebrates". Runner's World. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. "Faith Kipyegon has the marathon in mind". AW. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2022-11-08.

External links

• Patrick Sang at World Athletics
• Patrick Sang at Olympics.com
• Patrick Sang at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Patrick Waweru	Flagbearer for  Kenya Barcelona 1992	Succeeded by Paul Tergat