Samson Ngoepe

Samson Ngoepe (born 28 January 1985) is a South African runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is currently coached by Charl Naude.^[1]

He competed in the 800 metres event at the 2008 Olympic Games, disappointingly not reaching the final.^[2]

He qualified to run the 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009 by running a personal best time of 1:45.17 min in Ostrava, Czech Republic on June 17 of 2009. At these championships he reached the semi-finals of the competition.

• 800 metres - 1:45.17 min (2009) in Ostrava.^[2]
• 1500 metres - 3:40.40 min (2008) in Nijmegen.^[2]

His personal best time of 1:45.17 minutes, was achieved in June 2009 in Ostrava.^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	800 m	1:48.57
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	12th (sf)	800 m	1:49.80
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	7th	800 m	1:49.22
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	28th (h)	800 m	1:47.42
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (sf)	800 m	1:49.03

• Samson Ngoepe at Sports Reference

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