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Abdi Nageeye

1989 - Today

Abdi Nageeye

Abdi Nageeye (born 2 March 1989) is a Somali-Dutch long-distance runner from the Netherlands. He won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Nageeye placed third at the 2022 New York City Marathon and won the 2024 New York City Marathon. He was the first European man since Mo Farah, and only the second European man overall, to win a World Marathon Major. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Abdi Nageeye is the 5,323rd most popular athlete (down from 4,607th in 2024), the 52nd most popular biography from Somalia (down from 51st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Somali Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Abdi Nageeye ranks 5,323 out of 6,025. Before him are Lee McRae, Qin Kai, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Süreyya Ayhan, Thomas Lamparter, and Renan Barão. After him are Denis Vieru, Oleksandr Serdyuk, Nicolien Sauerbreij, Petar Merkov, Danny Ecker, and Pavlos Kontides.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

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Lee McRae
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.50
Rank: 5,317
Qin Kai
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 5,318
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 5,319
Süreyya Ayhan
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 5,320
Thomas Lamparter
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 5,321
Renan Barão
1987 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 5,322
Abdi Nageeye
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 5,323
Denis Vieru
1996 - Present
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 5,324
Oleksandr Serdyuk
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 5,325
Nicolien Sauerbreij
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 5,326
Petar Merkov
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 5,327
Danny Ecker
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 5,328
Pavlos Kontides
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 5,329

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Abdi Nageeye ranks 891. Before him are Andrej Martin, Diego Simonet, Wendell Lira, Donata Karalienė, Aaron Cresswell, and Zeynep Sever. After him are Xu Li, Miguel Vítor, Fredrik Lindström, Dmitri Soloviev, Kim Tae-hwan, and Hasan Ali Kaldırım.

Others Born in 1989

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Andrej Martin
TENNIS PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 885
Diego Simonet
HANDBALL PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.55
Rank: 886
Wendell Lira
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 887
Donata Karalienė
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 888
Aaron Cresswell
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.50
Rank: 889
Zeynep Sever
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 890
Abdi Nageeye
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 891
Xu Li
ARTIST
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 892
Miguel Vítor
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 893
Fredrik Lindström
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 894
Dmitri Soloviev
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 895
Kim Tae-hwan
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 896
Hasan Ali Kaldırım
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 897

In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Abdi Nageeye ranks 52 out of 58. Before him are Mohammed Ahmed (1991), Ilhan Omar (1982), Samia Yusuf Omar (1991), Mohamed Suleiman (1969), Asha Haji Elmi (1962), and Leyla Hussein (1980). After him are Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim (1982), Liban Abdi (1988), Ilwad Elman (1990), Abdisalam Ibrahim (1991), Ayub Daud (1990), and Nadifa Mohamed (1981).

Others born in Somalia

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Mohammed Ahmed
ATHLETE
1991 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 46
Ilhan Omar
POLITICIAN
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 47
Samia Yusuf Omar
ATHLETE
1991 - 2012
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 48
Mohamed Suleiman
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 49
Asha Haji Elmi
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 50
Leyla Hussein
BUSINESSPERSON
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 51
Abdi Nageeye
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 52
Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 53
Liban Abdi
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.60
Rank: 54
Ilwad Elman
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 55
Abdisalam Ibrahim
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 56
Ayub Daud
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 35.44
Rank: 57
Nadifa Mohamed
WRITER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.21
Rank: 58