Birth Date: | 11 August 1972 |
Birth Place: | Otjiwarongo, South-West Africa |
Height: | 1.72 m |
Weight: | 55 kg |
Sport: | Running |
Event: | 800 metres |
Agnes Maryna Samaria (born 11 August 1972 in Otjiwarongo[1]) is a retired Namibian 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.
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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 | bgcolor=cc9966 | 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 |
Namibian Sports Women of the Year (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)