# Jamal Abdi Dirieh (Jamal Cabdi Diiriye)

> Jamal Abdi Dirieh (b.1997): Djiboutian runner, World U20 silver medallist in 2016.

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## Who is he?

Jamal Abdi Dirieh is a Djiboutian long-distance runner born in 1997 ([Wikipedia, Jamal Abdi Dirieh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Abdi_Dirieh)).

## Results

He won a silver medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Abdi_Dirieh)). At the 2017 World Championships he ran the 5000 metres for Djibouti and narrowly missed the final (same source). His personal bests are 13:13.45 for 5000 m (Heusden-Zolder, 2017) and 30:07.47 for 10,000 m (Tlemcen, 2016) (same source).

## In short

A Djiboutian distance runner and world junior silver medallist.

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