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Abdi Hakin Ulad (Cabdixakiin Cuulad)
Abdi-Hakin Achkel Ulad (born 14 June 1991 in Kismayo) is a Danish long-distance runner. He arrived in Denmark as a refugee at eleven, became Danish half-marathon champion in 2015 and ran the marathon for Denmark at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. In 2022 he admitted a doping offence for trimetazidine.
Abdi Hakin UladAbdi Ulad · Abdi-Hakin Achkel Ulad
- Lived
- 1991-06-14 to today
- Known as one of
- Sport
- Places
- Kismaayo and Lower Juba
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 2 sources
Who is he?
Abdi-Hakin Achkel Ulad is a Danish long-distance runner born on 14 June 1991 in Kismayo (Wikipedia, 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.
Running career
In 2013 he won bronze in the 10,000 metres at the European Under-23 Championships in Tampere (Wikipedia). 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.
Doping case
In November 2022 it was reported that he had tested positive for trimetazidine (Wikipedia). 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.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Abdi Hakin Ulad · en.wikipedia.org
- statletik.dk · statletik.dk
Abdi Hakin UladAbdi Ulad · Abdi-Hakin Achkel Ulad
- Lived
- 1991-06-14 to today
- Known as one of
- Sport
- Places
- Kismaayo and Lower Juba
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 2 sources
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