Agnes Samaria
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| File:Osaka07 D9A W1500M race 2.jpg Agnes Samaria (right) at the 2007 World Championships with Iris Fuentes-Pila (left) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 August 1972 |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
Event | 800 metres |
Agnes Maryna Samaria (born 11 August 1972) is a Namibian retired middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
Samaria won two of the three medals that the country won at the 2007 All-Africa Games.[2] She has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.
Competition record
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | |||||
| 1995 | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 25th (h) | 400 m | 57.63 |
| 25th (h) | 800 m | 2:11.61 | |||
| 1999 | All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 17th (h) | 800 m | 2:11.58 |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 16th (h) | 800 m | 2:03.11 |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | 800 m | 1:59.15 (NR) |
| African Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 2nd | 800 m | 2:03.63 | |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 7th (sf) | 800 m | 2:01.29 |
| World Championships | Paris, France | 23rd (sf) | 800 m | 2:02.66 | |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 16th (h) | 800 m | 2:05.05 |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 8th (sf) | 800 m | 1:59.37 | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th (sf) | 800 m | 2:00.13 |
| 2006 | African Championships | Bambous, Mauritius | 6th | 800 m | 2:07.65 |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 22nd (sf) | 800 m | 2:02.25 |
| 6th | 1500 m | 4:07.61 (NR) | |||
| All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | 800 m | 2:03.17 | |
| 3rd | 1500 m | 4:09.18 | |||
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 5th | 1500 m | 4:05.44 (NR) | |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 14th (h) | 800 m | 2:05.23 |
| African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 3rd | 800 m | 2:00.62 | |
| 3rd | 1500 m | 4:13.91 | |||
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 26th (h) | 800 m | 2:02.18 | |
| 27th (h) | 1500 m | 4:15.80 | |||
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]- 400 metres - 53.83 s (2001)
- 800 metres - 1:59.15 min (2002)
- 1500 metres - 4:05.30 min (2008)
- Mile run - 4:25.01 min (2007)
Namibian Sports Women of the Year (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sports-Reference profile
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Agnes Samaria at World AthleticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Namibian women middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Namibia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Namibia
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Namibia
- People from Otjiwarongo
- Sportspeople from Otjozondjupa Region
- UNICEF goodwill ambassadors
- African Games silver medalists for Namibia
- African Games bronze medalists for Namibia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- 20th-century Namibian women
- 21st-century Namibian women
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Southern African sport of athletics biography stubs
- Namibian sportspeople stubs