Sarah Chelangat

Ugandan long-distance runner
  • 1500 metres
  • 5000 metres
  • 10000 metres
Achievements and titlesPersonal bests1500 meters: 4:18.77 (2019)

3000 meters: 8:32.53 (2023) NR
5000 meters: 14:40.88 (2024) NR
10,000 meters: 30:24.04 (2024) NR
10K: 30:24 (2023)

Half marathon: 1:07.59 (2024) NR

Sarah Chelangat (born 5 June 2001) is a Ugandan track and field athlete who specializes in long-distance running.[1] She represented Uganda at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's 5000 metres.[2]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She had shin and knee injuries that kept her off the track for most of 2021, and she did not do much at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[3]

Her performance in the 5000 metres in Nijmegen in June 2019, 15:00.61, is a Ugandan national record.[1][4]

In 2024, she set a Ugandan national record for the 10,000m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene with a time of 30:24.04. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sarah Chelangat Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ "5000 Metres women". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Athletics - CHELANGAT Sarah". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  4. ^ "2019 Nijmegen Diary: Ten runners, sub 28 minutes". runblogrun.com. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. ^ "10000m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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