Personal information | |
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Nationality | Somali, British |
Born | Aynaba, Somaliland | August 28, 1962
Sport | |
Sport | Track |
Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres, Mile |
College team | Farleigh Dickinson |
Coached by | John Cook and Mal Whitfield |
Now coaching | Ayanleh Souleiman, Abubaker Kaki, Abdalelah Haroun, Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla, Mukhtar Mohammed, Hamada Mohamed, Ibrahim Jeilan |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 800 metres: 1:46.73[1] 1500 metres: 3:38.12[1] Mile: 3:56.82[1] 3000 metres: 7:53.85[1] |
Jama Mohamed Aden (born August 28, 1962) is a Somali former middle-distance runner and coach who ran for Fairleigh Dickinson University as well as representing Somalia throughout the 1980s. He would go on to pursue a career in coaching world-class middle-distance athletes. He is the older brother of former competitive runner Ibrahim Mohamed Aden.