Abdi Nageeye
Abdi Nageeye is a long-distance runner from the Netherlands who qualified for the 2016 Olympics in the marathon.[1]
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.
References
- ^ "Abdi Nageeye achtste in marathon Boston" [Abdi Nageeye eighth in Boston Marathon]. nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ "ARRS: Abdi Nageeye". Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- ^ a b c https://www.nnrunningteam.com/en/team_member/abdi-nageeye/
- ^ "2016 Boston Marathon Top 20 Finishers". Competitor.com. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ a b "2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Abdi Nageeye at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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