Youcef Abdi ( Kabyle: Yusef Ɛabdi) (born 7 December 1977) is an Australian athlete who specialized in the 3000 m steeplechase. He changed his allegiance from

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in 2000. Since his retirement from athletics he has found a new calling and currently plays soccer in the over 35's division for Waverly Old Boys alongside Socceroos ex-captain Craig Foster and ex-AFL player Adam Goodes.

Early life

Youcef Abdi was born in Azazga, Algeria, and moved to Australia as a teenager. He obtained Australian citizenship in 2000.

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* 1977 births Living people Australian male middle-distance runners Australian male steeplechase runners Australian people of Algerian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia People from Azazga Sportspeople from Tizi Ouzou Province World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Kabyle people Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners Algerian emigrants to Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub