Agnes Samaria

Agnes Samaria
	Agnes Samaria (right) at the 2007 World Championships with Iris Fuentes-Pila (left)
Personal information
Born	11 August 1972 (age 53); Otjiwarongo, South-West Africa
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	800 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Namibia
African Championships

Born11 August 1972 (age 53)

Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight55 kg (121 lb)

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.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Namibia
1995	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	25th (h)	400 m	57.63
1995	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	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)
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	2nd	800 m	2:03.63
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	7th (sf)	800 m	2:01.29
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	23rd (sf)	800 m	2:02.66
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	16th (h)	800 m	2:05.05
2004	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
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	1500 m	4:07.61 (NR)
	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	800 m	2:03.17
	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	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
	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	3rd	1500 m	4:13.91
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	26th (h)	800 m	2:02.18
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	27th (h)	1500 m	4:15.80

Personal bests