Samson Ngoepe (born 28 January 1985) is a South African runner who specializes in the

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. He is currently coached by Charl Naude.http://www.sowetan.co.za/Sport/Article.aspx?id=742596 He competed in the 800 metres event at the

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, disappointingly not reaching the final. He qualified to run the

at the

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held in

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from 15 to 23 August 2009 by running a personal best time of 1:45.17 min in

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on June 17 of 2009. At these championships he reached the semi-finals of the competition.

Personal bests

- 1:45.17 min (2009) in

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- 3:40.40 min (2008) in

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. His personal best time of 1:45.17 minutes, was achieved in June 2009 in

Competition record

References

External links

Samson Ngoepe at Sports Reference
South African male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Polokwane Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games African Games competitors for South Africa {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub