Abdinasir Said Ibrahim
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Abdinasir Said Ibrahim (, ) (born July 1, 1989)
IAAF
) is a
track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...
athlete from
Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
.


Career

In preparation for competitive meets in 2008, Ibrahim and fellow athlete
Samiya Yusuf Omar Samia Yusuf Omar or Samiyo Omar (; ; 25 March 1991 – April 2012) was a Sprint (running), sprinter from Somalia. She was one of two Somali athletes who competed for their nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Omar had grown up in ...
trained under difficult circumstances, facing harassment from local militants who interpreted his participation in official track events as compliance with the federal government authorities that they were waging war against. On account of civil unrest in
Mogadishu Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has ...
, he also did not benefit from the consistent coaching, reliable facilities and competitive meets that other elite-level athletes enjoy.Somalia's runners provide inspiration
Yahoo Sports, August 25, 2008
Ibrahim represented Somalia at the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in
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, competing in the 5000 metres race. He finished in 37th place overall and 12th in his first round heat, with a time of 14:21.58.Abdinasir Said Ibrahim
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recorded the time as a personal best.


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Somalia's Runners Provide Inspiration
1989 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Somalia Somalian male long-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) {{Somalia-athletics-bio-stub