Sarah Chelangat 
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nation
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Uganda Uganda
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birthday
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5th June 2001 (age 19)
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place of birth
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Uganda
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discipline
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Long distance running
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status
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active
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| Medal table
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| World Cross Country Championships
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1 × 
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| U20 African Championships
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1 ×
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| Youth Olympic Games
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last change: August 26, 2019
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Sarah Chelangat (born June 5, 2001 ) is a Ugandan long-distance runner .
Athletic career
Sarah Chelangat gained her first international experience at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala , where she finished 14th in the U20 classification in 20:13 minutes and won the bronze medal with the team. Then she was fifth in the 3000-meter run at the Youth World Championships in Nairobi in 9: 40.18 min . Shortly afterwards, at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau , she reached tenth place in the 1500 meter run in 4: 26.88 minutes and was fourth in the 3000 meters in 9: 31.65 minutes. The following year she finished fourth at the U20 World Championships in Tampere over 5000 meters in 15: 43.01 min and then won the silver medal over 3000 meters at the African Youth Games. In October she won the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires . At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus , she finished fourth in 20:51 minutes and then won the bronze medal in the 5000-meter run at the Junior African Championships in Abidjan in 16:09.96 minutes . In August she was fourth at the Africa Games in Rabat in 15: 38.11 minutes.
In 2019 Chelangat became the Ugandan champion in the 1500 meter run.
Personal bests
- 1500 meters: 4: 18.77 min, July 26, 2019 in Kampala
- 3000 meters: 9: 11.63 min, October 11, 2018 in Buenos Aires
- 5000 meters: 15: 00.61 min, June 15, 2019 in Nijmegen ( Ugandan record )
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