Jama Mohamed Aden was born on August 28,1962 and is a Somali former middle-distance runner and coach who ran for Fairleigh Dickinson University as well as representing Somalia throughout the 1980s.
20 Facts About Jama Aden
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Jama Aden would go on to pursue a career in coaching world-class middle-distance athletes.
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Jama Aden is the older brother of former competitive runner Ibrahim Mohamed Aden.
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Jama Aden was especially known for having run a 3:56.82 mile as a junior undergrad.
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Jama Aden was coached by Mal Whitfield, two times Olympic champion.
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Jama Aden ran for Somalia at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Jama Aden competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Jama Aden earned a master's degree in exercise physiology at George Mason University, after which he pursued a coaching career.
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Jama Aden was assisting John Cook in coaching countryman and GMU runner Abdi Bile before he won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.
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In 2011 Jama Aden was selected as the most worthy of 132 candidates from 16 Arab countries who contended for the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Excellence.
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Jama Aden says it takes time to become a top athlete and runner.
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Jama Aden reveals his satisfaction when Makhloufi crossed the line as winner of the Blue Ribbon event of the Olympics, the 1500 metres, in London 2012.
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Jama Aden then goes on and explains the importance of full-time coaching if you want to have long term success.
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Jama Aden commented and explained to Frank Litsky the psychology behind the use of doping in sport.
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Jama Aden said athletes who used drugs feared losing more than they feared detection.
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In 2015 two of Jama Aden's athletes were suspended for doping violation, Laila Traby from France and Hamza Driouch from Qatar.
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Driouch was banned for inconsistencies in his biological passport, dated to 2 Aug 2012 during the London Olympics when Jama Aden was his coach.
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Jama Aden was not as clearly linked to her as to Hamza but Jama Aden posted a congratulation during European Athletic Championship 2014 in Zurich when she got bronze at 10000 metres.
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When interviewed by French sport paper L'Equipe after Genzebe Dibaba set the world record i Monaco Diamond League 2015, Jama Aden told the journalist his personal best at 1500 meter was 3.36.
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In June 2016, Jama Aden was arrested in Spain after police raided his hotel room and found performance-enhancing substances.