Abdi Nageeye

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.

He is fluent in Somali, Amharic, Arabic, Dutch, and English. 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 Nageeye leads the pack in the marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships 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