1. Abdihakim "Abdi" Abdirahman is an American long-distance runner.
12 Facts About Abdihakem Abdirahman
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Abdihakem Abdirahman is a five-time Olympian competing for the United States in the 10,000 meters and the marathon.
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Abdihakem Abdirahman was inducted into the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame located in Tucson in 2019.
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At Arizona, Abdihakem Abdirahman was named the 1998 Pacific-10 Conference Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year.
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Abdihakem Abdirahman finished second at the 1998 NCAA Cross Country Championships.
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Abdihakem Abdirahman competed in five straight IAAF World Cross Country Championships between 2000 and 2004, with a best finishing place of 11th in 2002.
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Abdihakem Abdirahman competed in the 10,000 meters at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing tenth and fifteenth, respectively.
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Abdihakem Abdirahman finished seventh in the 10,000 meters at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, his best finish after placing 19th in 2003 and 13th in 2005.
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In 2008, Abdihakem Abdirahman won the 10,000 meters at the US Olympic Trials.
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Abdihakem Abdirahman was the men's division champion of the Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond, VA.
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Abdihakem Abdirahman finished 3rd in the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon in a time of 2:11:23.
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At the 2020 United States Olympic Trials in Atlanta, Abdihakem Abdirahman finished 3rd with a time of 2:10:03, one second behind Jake Riley securing his place on a fifth Olympic team, and, at 43, becoming the oldest American runner ever to make the Olympic team.