Bashir Abdi

Bashir Abdi
Abdi at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene
Personal information
CitizenshipBelgian
Born (1989-02-10) 10 February 1989 (age 35)[1][2]
El Afweyne, Somalia[3]
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
ClubNN Running Team[2]
Coached byGary Lough[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Marathon
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene Marathon
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 10,000 m
World Marathon Majors
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2022 London Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Chicago Marathon

Bashir Abdi (born 10 February 1989)[4] is a Belgian long-distance runner. He won bronze medals in the marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Championships and silver at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In doing so, Abdi became both the first ever Belgian world championship medal winner at the marathon[5] and the first Belgian male athlete to win an individual medal at both the Olympic Games and World Athletics Championships. He claimed silver in the 10,000 metres at the 2018 European Championships. He finished second and third at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon and 2022 London Marathon respectively. Abdi is the European record holder for the marathon.

He also holds the Belgian records in the half marathon and one hour run, and the world best in the rarely contested 20,000 metres on track.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference worldathletics1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "ABDI Bashir". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Wiilashii Soomaalida oo guul wayn Yurub uga soo hooyay Maaradoonka Tokyo". BBC News Somali (in Somali). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Bashir ABDI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Ethiopa's Tola takes dominant marathon gold". Reuters.com. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.