Ibrahim Mohamed Aden
{{short description|Somali-American middle-distance runner}}
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| sport = Track
| event = 800 metres, 1500 metres, Mile
| nationality = Somali
American
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|11|11}}
| birth_place = Burao, Somaliland
| collegeteam = Central Arizona
George Mason
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| pb = 800 metres: 1:46.44{{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/77425|author=All-Athletics|title=Athlete profile for Ibrahim Mohamed Aden}}
1500 metres: 3:37.02
Mile: 3:55.53
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Ibrahim Mohamed Aden Gedi (born November 11, 1972) is a Somali-American former middle-distance runner who represented Somalia in international competition until he gained US citizenship in 2000, after which he competed for the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2003/Aden_Ibrahim.asp|author=USATF|title=Ibrahim Aden|date=September 18, 2003}} He is the younger brother of Jama Aden.
Running career
=High school=
Aden first attended and ran for W.T. Woodson High School, for which he won the men's 1000 meters at the 1990 VHSL Group AAA State Indoor meet.{{cite web|url=http://va.milesplit.com/meets/83672/results/145486|author=VA Milesplit|title=1990 VHSL Group AAA Indoor T&F Championships|date=}} After his sophomore year, however, he transferred to Fork Union Military Academy.
=Collegiate=
Aden attended and ran for George Mason University after transferring from Central Arizona CC. He ran in both the men's 800 meters and 1500 meters at the 1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
=Post-collegiate=
Aden ran for Somalia at the 1996 Olympics, the 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, making it to the semi-final round of the men's 1500 metres on the latter occasion. In 2000, right before that year's US Olympic Trials, he got US citizenship and opted to represent the United States in international competition. He competed in the 1500 metres at the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004929/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/ibrahim-mohamed-aden-1.html Sports-Reference.com]
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Category:Somalian emigrants to the United States
Category:George Mason Patriots men's track and field athletes
Category:Somalian male middle-distance runners
Category:American male middle-distance runners
Category:George Mason University alumni
Category:Olympic athletes for Somalia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Somalia
Category:Carter G. Woodson High School alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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