_(1).jpg) Abdirahman at the 2012 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Abdihakim Abdirahman |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | (1977-01-01)January 1, 1977 (age 48) Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track,Long-distance running |
Event(s) | 10,000 meters,Marathon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 3000 meters: 7:47.63[1] 2-mile: 8:29.26[1] 5000 meters: 13:13.32[1] 10,000 meters: 27:16.99[1] Marathon: 2:08:56[1] |
Medal record | |
Abdihakim "Abdi" Abdirahman (Somali:Cabdihakiim Cabdiraxmaan,Arabic:عبد الحكيم عبد الرحمن; born January 1, 1977) is an American long-distance runner. He is a five-time Olympian competing for the United States in the10,000 meters and themarathon.
Born inMogadishu,Somalia,[2] Abdirahman graduated fromTucson High School in 1995 and attendedPima Community College before transferring to theUniversity of Arizona for his junior and senior years. He was inducted into the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame located in Tucson in 2019. He became a U.S. citizen in 2000.[3]
At Arizona, Abdirahman was named the 1998Pacific-10 Conference Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year. He finished second at the 1998NCAA Cross Country Championships.[3]
Abdirahman competed in five straight IAAF World Cross Country Championships between 2000 and 2004, with a best finishing place of 11th in2002.
He competed in the10,000 meters at the2000 and2004 Summer Olympics, finishing tenth and fifteenth, respectively. He also finished seventh in the 10,000 meters at the2007 World Championships inOsaka, his best finish after placing 19th in 2003 and 13th in 2005.
In 2008, Abdirahman won the 10,000 meters at theUS Olympic Trials. He also was the men's division champion of theMonument Avenue 10K inRichmond, VA.
His personal best time in the 10,000 meters is 27:16.99 minutes, achieved in June 2008 atHayward Field during thePrefontaine Classic.
On January 14, 2012, Abdirahman qualified for the 2012 Olympics by finishing third in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trial in Houston.[4] At the2012 Olympics he dropped out of the marathon before the halfway mark with a knee injury.[5]
Abdirahman finished 3rd in the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon in a time of 2:11:23.
At the2020 United States Olympic Trials (marathon) in Atlanta, Abdirahman finished 3rd with a time of 2:10:03, one second behindJake Riley securing his place on a fifth Olympic team, and, at 43, becoming the oldest American runner ever to make the Olympic team.[6] In themen's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics he finished 41st.[7]
