{{short description|Kenyan running coach and retired runner (born 1964)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Patrick Sang | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nickname = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|11 April 1964}} | birth_place = Kapsisiywa, Nandi District, Kenya | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = Kenya | sport = Athletics | event = 3000 metres steeplechase | coaching = Eliud Kipchoge<br />Faith Kipyegon | retired = | pb = 3000 m st.: 8:03.41 (Cologne 1997) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{KEN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver|1992 Barcelona|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|1991 Tokyo|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Silver|1993 Stuttgart|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}} {{Medal|Gold|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dennehy |first1=Cathal |title=One Man's Dream Comes True, and the World Celebrates |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a29447630/eliud-kipchoge-fastest-marathon-ever/ |website=Runner's World |access-date=20 December 2019 |date=12 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-08 |title=Faith Kipyegon has the marathon in mind |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/faith-kipyegon-has-the-marathon-in-mind-1039962577/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=AW |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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