# Ibrahim Mohamed Aden (Ibraahin Maxamed Aadan)

> Ibrahim Aden (b.1972): ran 1500 m for Somalia (1996) and the USA (2000) at the Olympics.

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## Who is he?

Ibrahim Mohamed Aden Gedi is a Somali-American former middle-distance runner, born on 11 November 1972 ([Wikipedia, Ibrahim Mohamed Aden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Mohamed_Aden)). He is the younger brother of the coach [Jama Aden](/en/people/jama-aden/) (same source).

## School and college

He ran for W. T. Woodson High School in Virginia, winning the 1000 m at the 1990 state indoor meet, before moving to Fork Union Military Academy ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Mohamed_Aden)). After Central [Arizona](/en/diaspora/phoenix/) College he ran for George Mason University and competed in the 800 m and 1500 m at the 1996 NCAA championships (same source).

## Somalia, then the United States

He ran for Somalia at the 1996 Olympics and at the 1997 and 1999 World Championships, reaching the 1500 m semi-final in 1999 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Mohamed_Aden)). In 2000 he became a US citizen just before the US Olympic Trials and ran the 1500 m for the United States at the Sydney Olympics, without reaching the final (same source).

## In short

A runner who represented Somalia and then the United States at the Olympics.

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