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Hassan Mead (Xassan Miicaad)
Hassan Mead (born 28 June 1989) is a Somali-American long-distance runner. Born to a farming family in north-west Somalia, he moved to the United States in 2000, became an eight-time All-American at the University of Minnesota, and ran the 5000 metres for the United States at the 2016 Olympics.
Who is he?
Hassan Mead is a Somali-American long-distance runner born on 28 June 1989 to a farming family in rural north-west Somalia (Wikipedia, Hassan Mead). He moved to the United States in 2000 (same source). He lived in Minnesota, California and Washington State before finishing high school at Minneapolis South in 2007 (same source). See Somalis in Minneapolis-St Paul.
University of Minnesota
He ran cross country and track for the University of Minnesota from 2007 (Wikipedia). He became an eight-time All-American and a nine-time Big Ten Conference champion (same source). In 2007 he was Minnesota's first freshman All-American in cross country (same source).
Professional career
From September 2012 he trained with the Oregon Track Club under coach Mark Rowland (Wikipedia). In 2014 he ran 13:02.80 for 5000 metres, which placed him tenth on the US all-time list at the time (same source). In 2015 he placed third in the US 10,000 metres to make his first world championship team (same source).
On 10 July 2016 he finished second in the 5000 metres at the US Olympic Trials, 0.20 seconds behind Bernard Lagat, and went on to the 2016 Olympics in Rio (same source). He ran 27:32.49 for 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in London (same source).
In short
A Somali-born distance runner who ran for the United States at the 2016 Olympics after starring at the University of Minnesota.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Hassan Mead · en.wikipedia.org
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