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Samson Ngoepe

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Nationality
  
South African

Height
  
1.80 m

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Name
  
Samson Ngoepe

Sport
  
Running

Weight
  
60 kg

Born
  
28 January 1985 (age 39) (
1985-01-28
)
Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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

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

He qualified to run the 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 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.

Personal bests

  • 800 metres - 1:45.17 min (2009) in Ostrava.
  • 1500 metres - 3:40.40 min (2008) in Nijmegen.
  • His personal best time of 1:45.17 minutes, was achieved in June 2009 in Ostrava.

    References

    Samson Ngoepe Wikipedia