Abdi Nageeye

Abdi Nageeye in 2009, celebrating his first national title at the 2009 Dutch Cross Country Championships.

Abdi Nageeye is a long-distance runner from the Netherlands that has qualified for the 2016 Olympics in the marathon.[1]

Nageeye finished 8th at the 2016 Boston Marathon.[2] Later that year he finished 11th at the Olympic marathon in Rio.

He was born in Somalia.[3] He has also trained in Kenya.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Abdi Nageeye achtste in marathon Boston" [Abdi Nageeye eighth in Boston Marathon]. nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  2. ↑ "2016 Boston Marathon Top 20 Finishers". Competitor.com. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  3. ↑ "Nageeye: Publiek in Boston is geweldig" [Nageeye: Public in Boston is great]. www.foxsports.nl (in Dutch). 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  4. ↑ Connolly, John (2016-04-17). "Lelisa Desisa seeks to join elite club of triple winners". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.
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