Abdi Nageeye
Nageeye at the 2023 Rotterdam Marathon
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989
Mogadishu, Somalia
Home townNijmegen, Netherlands
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
ClubAV'34
TeamNN Running Team
Coached byPatrick Sang
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoMarathon
World Marathon Majors
Bronze medal – third place2022 New York CityMarathon

Abdi Nageeye (born 2 March 1989)[1] is a Somali-Dutch long-distance runner from the Netherlands. He won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Nageeye placed third at the 2022 New York City Marathon.

He is the Dutch national record holder for the 10 km road race, half marathon and marathon.

Early life

Abdi Nageeye was born on 2 March 1989 in Mogadishu, Somalia.[2]He is From Clan Of Duduble At the age of six, he was resettled as a refugee in the Netherlands.[3] After spending four years in the country, 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]

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

Career

Nageeye finished eighth at the 2016 Boston Marathon.[4][5] Later that year, he finished 11th in the Olympic marathon in Rio.

He set his first Dutch marathon record in October 2017 at the Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:08:16 to beat Kamiel Maase's 2:08.21 set also in Amsterdam in 2007.

In 2018, Nageeye competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany, where he did not finish the race.[6]

At the 2019 Rotterdam Marathon, he lowered his national marathon record by nearly two minutes with a time of 2:06:17 for fourth place.[1]

Nageeye has also trained in Kenya and is currently part of the NN Running Team, an international team of elite long-distance runners managed by Global Sports Communication in Nijmegen, Netherlands.[7]

He won the silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic marathon, finishing in a season's best time of 2:09:58.[1]

In April 2022, Nageeye won his first race over the classic distance, becoming the first Dutchman ever to win the Rotterdam Marathon. He ran a time of 2:04:56, slicing more than a minute off his own Dutch record which he set in the same city in 2019.[8]

Statistics

Nageeye leads the pack in the marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin.

Personal bests

Road

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
Representing the  Netherlands
2007 European Cross Country Championships Toro, Spain 24th U20 race 20:49
2008 European Cross Country Championships Brussels, Belgium 12th U20 race 19:17
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 11th 1500 m 3:53.04
4th 5000 m 14:03.87
European Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland 7th U23 race 25:40
2010 European Cross Country Championships Albufeira, Portugal 33rd U23 race 25:12
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 19th 5000 m 14:44.35
European Cross Country Championships Velenje, Slovenia 6th U23 race 23:54
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 13th 10,000 m 29:05.12
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 6th Half marathon 1:03:43
6th Team 3:15:36
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th Marathon 2:13:01
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany – Marathon DNF
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd Marathon 2:09:58 SB
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States – Marathon DNF
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary – Marathon DNF
World Marathon Majors
2016 Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States 8th Marathon 2:18:05
2018 Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States 7th Marathon 2:23:16
2021 New York City Marathon New York, NY, United States 5th Marathon 2:11:39
2022 New York City Marathon New York, NY, United States 3rd Marathon 2:10:31

National titles

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Abdi NAGEEYE – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "ARRS: Abdi Nageeye". Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  3. 1 2 3 "Home / NN Running Team".
  4. ↑ "2016 Boston Marathon Top 20 Finishers". Competitor.com. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  5. ↑ "Abdi Nageeye achtste in marathon Boston" [Abdi Nageeye eighth in Boston Marathon]. nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  6. ↑ "2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "Nageeye and Hailu triumph at Rotterdam Marathon". World Athletics. 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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