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<strong>PROFESSIONAL</strong> ATHLETE FIELDS<br />
RUNNERS – MEN<br />
Abdi Abdirahman<br />
Country: United States<br />
Age: 39<br />
Date of Birth: January 1, 1977<br />
Residence: Tucson, AZ<br />
Personal Best: 2:08:56, Chicago, IL, 2006<br />
New York City Marathon History: 2009: 9th, 2:14:00;<br />
2008: 6th, 2:14:17; 2005: 5th, 2:11:24; 2004: 14th, 2:17:09<br />
Career Highlights<br />
2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 3rd 2:09:47<br />
2008 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000m 1st 27:41.11<br />
2007 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 7th 27:56.62<br />
2007 NYC Half 2nd 1:00:29<br />
2006 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 4th 2:08:56<br />
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Abdirahman became a U.S. citizen in 2000 and graduated<br />
from the University of Arizona in 2001. He is a four-time Olympian, having represented<br />
Team USA in the 10,000 meters in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and he earned a spot on the<br />
Olympic marathon team in 2012. He’s competed in the New York City Marathon four times,<br />
recording three top-ten finishes. He also set his lifetime half-marathon best of 1:00:29 in<br />
New York City, finishing as the runner-up to Haile Gebrselassie at the 2007 NYC Half.<br />
Abdirahman last raced in New York City at the 2015 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K in Central<br />
Park, finishing seventh in 29:20. In June of this year, he was eighth at the B.A.A. 10K in<br />
Boston, running 28:39. He followed that with a fourth-place 29:24 at the Peachtree Road<br />
Race (10K) in Atlanta on July 4. As he was rounding into form for the TCS New York City<br />
Marathon, he ran a season-best 1:02:46 for the half-marathon at the Great North Run in<br />
England on September 11.<br />
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