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. Nageeye placed third at the 2022 New York City Marathon and won the 2024 New York City Marathon. He was the first European man since Mo Farah, and only the second European man overall, to win a World Marathon Major.
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 Dharwanaaje, Somalia. At the age of six, he was resettled as a refugee in the Netherlands. 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.
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.
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.
He won the silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic marathon, finishing in a season's best time of 2:09:58.
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.
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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 Representing the 2007European Cross Country ChampionshipsToro, Spain24thU20 race20:492008European Cross Country ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium12thU20 race19:172009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania11th1500 m3:53.044th5000 m14:03.87European Cross Country ChampionshipsDublin, Ireland7thU23 race25:402010European Cross Country ChampionshipsAlbufeira, Portugal33rdU23 race25:122011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic19th5000 m14:44.35European Cross Country ChampionshipsVelenje, Slovenia6thU23 race23:542012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland13th10,000 m29:05.122016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6thHalf marathon1:03:436thTeam3:15:36Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil11thMarathon2:13:012018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany–Marathon2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan2ndMarathon2:09:58 2022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States –Marathon2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary –Marathon2024Olympic GamesParis, France –MarathonWorld Marathon Majors2016Boston MarathonBoston, MA, United States8thMarathon2:18:052018Boston MarathonBoston, MA, United States7thMarathon2:23:162021New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United States5thMarathon2:11:392022New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United States3rdMarathon2:10:312023New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United States5thMarathon2:10:212024New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United States1stMarathon2:07:392025New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United States –Marathon
National titles Dutch Athletics Championships 5000 metres: 2012
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