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Patrick Sang

Patrick Sang, Kenyan runner
Patrick Sang (born 11 April 1964 in Kapsisiywa, Nandi District) is a Kenyan running coach and retired runner.

Sang won three silver medals in major 3,000 m steeplechase competitions:

1991 World Championships in Athletics

1992 Summer Olympics

1993 World Championships in AthleticsHe 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 and 2020 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.

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  • 26Apr

    Tanzania

    Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
  • 12Jun

    Nelson Mandela

    Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
  • 12Aug

    Apartheid in South Africa

    South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
  • 28Nov

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.