Abdi Nageeye

Abdi Nageeye was born on 2 March 1989 in Dharwanaaje, Somalia. At the age of six, he was resettled as a refugee in the Netherlands. He is fluent in Somali, Amharic, Arabic, Dutch, and English. ==Career==

Nageeye finished eighth at the 2016 Boston Marathon. 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. 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. He won the silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic marathon, finishing in a season's best time of 2:09:58. ==Statistics==

held in Berlin. Personal bests ;Track • 5000 metres – 13:38.86 (Oordegem, Lede 2012) • 10,000 metres – 28:21.29 (Eugene, OR 2013) ;Road • 10 kilometres – 28:08 (Brunssum 2013) ( 2013–2024) • 10 miles – 46:26 (Tilburg 2017) • Half marathon – 1:00:24 (Marugame 2019) '''''' • Marathon – 2:04:45 (Rotterdam 2024) '''''' International competitions National titles • Dutch Athletics Championships • 5000 metres: 2012 ==References==