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Julius Sang

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Julius Sang was born on September 19, 1948 and died on April 9, 2004. He was a Kenyan runner. Along with teammates Robert Ouko, Charles Asati and Hezekiah Nyamau he won the 4 by 400 relay race at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Kenya. He also took a bronze medal in the individual 400 meter race. He ran for North Carolina Central University, where he was part of their record-setting team at the Penn Relays

Sang, along with teammates Robert Ouko, Charles Asati and Hezekiah Nyamau, won the 4 by 400 meter gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich for their native Kenya. Sang was remembered for taking the baton in third place and passing runners from Poland and Germany to win the gold medal with a time of 2 minutes, 53.83 seconds. He also won the bronze medal in the individual 400 meter race in 1972, earning a No. 5 position in the World Rankings with a time of 44.92. Sang and Robert Ouku were teammates at North Carolina Central in 1972, and were a part of the world-record setting sprint medley relay team at the Penn Relays.

Sang was a retired senior level Provincial Prisons Officer. Sang was married to Tecla Chemabwai, a 400 and 800 meter runner and 1968 and 1972 Olympian, who won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 1973 African Games in Lagos, Nigeria, the 800 meter African Games gold medal in 1978 and the 1978 Commonwealth Games silver medal at 800 meters. Sang was also a member of the 4 by 100 meter and 4 by 400 meter relay teams that won NAIA, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Outdoor Championships in 1972.

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