# Abdi Abdirahman (Cabdixakiin Cabdiraxmaan)

> Abdi Abdirahman (born 1977): Mogadishu-born American runner, five-time Olympian, oldest US Olympic runner at 43.

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## Who is he?

Abdihakim "Abdi" Abdirahman is an American long-distance runner and a five-time Olympian, in the 10,000 metres and the marathon ([Wikipedia, Abdihakem Abdirahman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdihakem_Abdirahman)). See [sport in Somalia](/en/society/sport-in-somalia/).

## Early life

He was born in Mogadishu on 1 January 1977 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdihakem_Abdirahman)). He graduated from Tucson High School in [Arizona](/en/diaspora/phoenix/) in 1995, then studied at Pima Community College and the University of Arizona (same source). He became a US citizen in 2000 (same source). See [Somalis in the United States](/en/diaspora/united-states/).

## Track

He was Pacific-10 Conference cross country athlete of the year in 1998 and second at the NCAA championships that year ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdihakem_Abdirahman)). He ran five straight World Cross Country Championships from 2000 to 2004 (same source). He was tenth in the 10,000 m at the 2000 Olympics and fifteenth in 2004 (same source). In 2008 he won the 10,000 m at the US Olympic Trials (same source). His best 10,000 m time is 27:16.99, set in June 2008 (same source).

## Marathon

He qualified for the 2012 Olympic marathon but withdrew before halfway with a knee injury ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdihakem_Abdirahman)). He was third at the New York City Marathon in 2016, in 2:11:23 (same source). At the 2020 US Olympic Trials he was third in 2:10:03, which at 43 made him the oldest American runner to qualify for an Olympic team (same source). He finished 41st in the Tokyo Olympic marathon (same source). He was inducted into the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame in 2019 (same source).

## In short

A Mogadishu-born American runner who went to five Olympics and qualified for the last at 43.

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