Abdi Nageeye

Abdi Nageeye (born 2 March 1989) is a Somali-Dutch long-distance runner from the Netherlands who won silver in the 2020 Olympics marathon.[1]

Abdi Nageeye
Abdi Nageeye in 2009, celebrating his first national title at the 2009 Dutch Cross Country Championships.
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989
Mogadishu, Somalia
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)marathon
TeamAV Cifla
Coached byPatrick Sang
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)2:06:17
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Marathon

Early life

Nageeye was born on 2 March 1989 in Mogadishu, Somalia.[2] At the age of 6, he was resettled as a refugee in the Netherlands.[3] After spending four years in the Netherlands, he then lived with his family in Syria and Somalia. Afterwards, Nageeye returned to the Netherlands via Ethiopia and was adopted by a family in Oldebroek.[3]

Nageeye is fluent in Somali, Dutch, Arabic, English, and Amharic.[3]

Career

Nageeye finished 8th at the 2016 Boston Marathon.[4] Later that year he finished 11th at the Olympic marathon in Rio. In 2018, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[5] He did not finish his race.[5]

He has also trained in Kenya.[6]

Nageeye is currently part of the NN Running Team, an international team of elite long-distance runners managed by Global Sports Communication in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Nageeye won a silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo marathon, finishing in a time of 2:09:58.

Personal bests

Outdoor

References
  1. "Abdi Nageeye achtste in marathon Boston" [Abdi Nageeye eighth in Boston Marathon]. nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  2. "ARRS: Abdi Nageeye". Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  3. "Home / NN Running Team".
  4. "2016 Boston Marathon Top 20 Finishers". Competitor.com. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  5. "2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. Connolly, John (2016-04-17). "Lelisa Desisa seeks to join elite club of triple winners". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.
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