Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Men's athletics
US Olympic Trials
Gold	2008 US Olympic Trials	10,000 meter steeplechase

Abdihakem Abdirahman (Somali: Cabdihakiim Cabdiraxmaan, Arabic: عبد الحكيم عبد الرحمن‎) (born January 1 1977 in Somalia) is a Somali-American long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.

[edit] Biography

Abdirahman attended the University of Arizona and became a US citizen in 2000.

He competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing tenth and fifteenth, respectively. He also finished seventh in the 10,000m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, having finished thirteenth in 2005 and nineteenth in 2003.

In 2008, Abdirahman won the 10,000m at the US Olympic Trials.

His personal best time is 27:16.99 minutes, achieved in June 2008 at Hayward Field during the Prefontaine Classic.

[edit] References

IAAF profile for Abdihakem Abdirahman

[edit] External links

• World Marathon Majors

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