Abdi Nageeye

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

Abdi Nageeye
Nageeye celebrating his first national title at the 2009 Dutch Cross Country Championships
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989
Mogadishu, Somalia
Home townNijmegen, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running
ClubAV Cifla
TeamNN Running Team
Coached byPatrick Sang
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoMarathon
World Marathon Majors
Bronze medal – third place2022 New York CityMarathon

He is the Dutch national record holder for the 10 km road race, half marathon and 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 eighth 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 the silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic marathon, finishing in a season's best time of 2:09:58.

In April 2022, he won his first marathon at the Rotterdam Marathon in a time of 2:04:56, slicing more than a minute off the Dutch record which he set in the same city in 2019.[7]

Competition record

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 4th 5000 m 14:03.87
11th 1500 m 3:53.04
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
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

Personal bests

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.
  7. "Nageeye and Hailu triumph at Rotterdam Marathon". World Athletics. 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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