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Bashir Abdi was born on 10 February, 1989 in El Afweyn, Somalia, is a Somali-Belgian athlete. Discover Bashir Abdi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 35 years old?
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35 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
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10 February, 1989 |
| Birthday |
10 February |
| Birthplace |
El Afweyn, Somalia |
| Nationality |
Belgium
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He is a member of famous Athlete with the age 35 years old group.
Bashir Abdi Height, Weight & Measurements
At 35 years old, Bashir Abdi height is 1.78 m and Weight 56 kg.
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1.78 m |
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56 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Bashir Abdi Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Bashir Abdi worth at the age of 35 years old? Bashir Abdi’s income source is mostly from being a successful Athlete. He is from Belgium. We have estimated Bashir Abdi's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Athlete |
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Timeline
Bashir Abdi (born 10 February 1989) is a Somali-born Belgian long-distance runner.
Abdi entered the 10,000 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships with the European-leading time set on 4 May.
He finished fifth at the event.
In May 2015, he qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
At the Games, Abdi competed in both the men's 5000 m and 10,000 m. He finished 20th in the 10,000 m final, the race won by Great Britain's Mo Farah.
In 2017, he competed in the London 2017 World Championships in Athletics in the men's 5000 m, placing sixth in his heat.
He claimed silver in the 10,000 metres at the 2018 European Championships.
Abdi is married and has a daughter, Kadra, born 2018, and a son Ibrahim; born 2020.
He is a co-founder and vice-chairman of the non-profit organization Sportaround, which organizes after-school sports activities for children in Ghent.
In 2018, Abdi made his marathon debut at the Rotterdam Marathon, placing seventh with a time of 2:10:46.
In August that year, he won silver in the 10,000 m at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
In the autumn Abdi raced several road races placing third at the Great North Run half marathon in a time of 1:00:42, fourth at the Dam tot Damloop 10 miler in 46:08, fifth at the Nijmegen Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km in 43:40 and third at the 's-Heerenberg Montferland Run 15 km in 43:40.
In 2019, he was second at the Big Half Marathon in London with a time of 1:01:16 in a close finish with race winner Mo Farah and third placer Daniel Wanjiru.
Abdi then competed in the London Marathon, placing seventh in a time of 2:07:03 in a race won by Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge in 2:02:37.
In August, he was second in the Beach to Beacon 10 km in the United States, finishing in 28:35.
The race was initially won by Kenya's Alex Korio, however he was disqualified.
Abdi headed back to Newcastle upon Tyne where he again raced the Great North Run half marathon, finishing fifth in a time of 1:01:11, the race was won by Farah.
In October, Abdi ran in the Chicago Marathon, placing fifth with a time of 2:06:14, the race was won by Kenya's Lawrence Cherono in 2:05:45 in a sprint finish.
Abdi next raced at the Montferland Run 15 km, finishing fifth in a time of 42:29.
On New Year's Eve in Spain he won the San Silvestre Vallecana 10k m in Madrid with a time of 27:47.
He won bronze medals in the marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Championships.
In doing so, Abdi became both the first ever Belgian world championship medal winner at the marathon and the first Belgian male athlete to win an individual medal at both the Olympic Games and World Athletics 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.
Bashir Abdi was born in El Afweyn, Somaliland, a town mainly inhabited by the Habr Je'lo clan of the Isaaq clan-family.
When he was eight, his family moved to Djibouti.
He then spent a year and a half in Ethiopia, before settling in Belgium.
There, aged 16, he started training at the Racing Club Gent Athletics, following his brother Ibrahim.
Abdi opened his 2020 racing campaign by winning the Egmond Half Marathon.
He then achieved his first marathon podium position by placing second in the Tokyo Marathon in a new personal best time of 2:04:49.
He passed Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma in the closing stages to finish behind the race winner Ethiopia's Birhanu Legese, who ran a time of 2:04:15.
Abdi returned to the track in September competing at the Memorial Van Damme in the one hour race.
He ran the majority of the race with Farah, taking the lead and setting a European record at 20,000 m of 56:20.02.
He finished second behind Farah setting a mark of 21,322 metres.
In 2021, Abdi was second behind Farah at the Djibouti International Half Marathon with a time of 1:03:11.
He then placed second at the European 10,000 m Cup in Birmingham in a new personal best of 27:24.41.
This performance qualified him for the 10,000 m event at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
