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Ibrahim Mohamed Aden (Ibraahin Maxamed Aadan)
Ibrahim Mohamed Aden Gedi (born 11 November 1972) is a Somali-American former middle-distance runner. He ran the 1500 metres for Somalia at the 1996 Olympics and the 1997 and 1999 World Championships, then took US citizenship in 2000 and ran the 1500 metres for the United States at the Sydney Olympics.
Who is he?
Ibrahim Mohamed Aden Gedi is a Somali-American former middle-distance runner, born on 11 November 1972 (Wikipedia, Ibrahim Mohamed Aden). He is the younger brother of the coach 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). After Central Arizona 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). 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.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ibrahim Mohamed Aden · en.wikipedia.org
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