Patience Itanyi

Patience "Pat" Itanyi (born 2 July 1973) is a Nigerian athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Career Itanyi competed for both the Alabama A&M Bulldogs and West Virginia Mountaineers track and field teams in the NCAA.

Representing Nigeria, she won bronze medals in the long jump at the 1995 African Games and 4 × 100 m relay at the 1995 World University Games. In combined athletics events, she won the gold medal at the 1998 African Championships heptathlon and was runner-up at the 1999 African Games before winning bronze at the 2000 African Championships.