Somali-Dutch long-distance runner
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 hails from the Duduble hawiye clan. 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
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Time
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
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