10 Facts About Abdi Nageeye

Abdi Nageeye was born on 2 March 1989 and is a Somali-Dutch long-distance runner from the Netherlands.

Abdi Nageeye won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Abdi Nageeye is the Dutch national record holder for the 10 km road race, half marathon and marathon.

Abdi Nageeye was born on 2 March 1989 in Dharwanaaje, Somalia.

Abdi Nageeye is fluent in Somali, Amharic, Arabic, Dutch and English.

Abdi Nageeye 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 in Amsterdam in 2007.

In 2018, Abdi Nageeye competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany, where he did not finish the race.

Abdi Nageeye has 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.

Abdi Nageeye won the silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic marathon, finishing in a season's best time of 2:09:58.

Abdi Nageeye 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.