# Abdi Hakin Ulad (Cabdixakiin Cuulad)

> Abdi Hakin Ulad (born 1991): Kismayo-born Danish marathon runner at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.

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## Who is he?

Abdi-Hakin Achkel Ulad is a Danish long-distance runner born on 14 June 1991 in Kismayo ([Wikipedia, Abdi Hakin Ulad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdi_Hakin_Ulad)). He arrived in Denmark as a refugee with his aunt at the age of eleven and became a Danish citizen on 28 October 2010 (same source). See [Somalis in Denmark](/en/diaspora/denmark/).

## Running career

In 2013 he won bronze in the 10,000 metres at the European Under-23 Championships in Tampere ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdi_Hakin_Ulad)). He became Danish half-marathon champion on 13 September 2015 and was fifth in the half marathon at the 2016 European Championships (same source). At the Hamburg Marathon he ran 2:14:03, the best Danish time since 1989, which qualified him for the 2016 Olympics in Rio (same source).

In December 2019 he ran a personal best of 2:11:03 at the Fukuoka Marathon, which qualified him for the Tokyo Olympics (same source). His results are also kept by the Danish statistics site [statletik.dk](http://statletik.dk/index.php/Profile/index/1464).

## Doping case

In November 2022 it was reported that he had tested positive for trimetazidine ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdi_Hakin_Ulad)). He declined to have his B sample tested and admitted the offence in a Facebook post, calling it "the worse decision of his life" (same source).

## In short

A Kismayo-born runner who ran the marathon for Denmark at two Olympics.

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