Abdi Bile

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for Somalia
World Championships
Gold	1987 Rome	1500 m
Bronze	1993 Stuttgart	1500 m

Abdi Bile (Somali: Cabdi Bille Cabdi, born December 28, 1962, in Las Anod) is a former middle distance runner from Somalia. The 1987 World Champion, he was the first Somali world champion .

Abdi Bile, is a former 1987 1500m world champion and a three-time Olympian (1984, 1992, 1996), and has truly dominated his event in the mid and late '80s. Bile was ranked first in the world in the one-mile in 1989. He was world cup champion in the 1500 m in 1989 and two-time world grand prix final champion. Bile is a graduate of George Mason University with a BS in marketing management. At George Mason, Bile was the team captain and won two NCAA Division One titles, many conference titles and held the inter-collegian 1500 m record for more than ten years. Bile has traveled the whole world and has inspired many young people and helped several humanitarian organizations

His career was riddled with injuries, and he missed the 1991 World Championship as well as the 1988 and 1992 Olympics because of injury problems. In 1996 he came sixth in the Olympic final.

[edit] Personal bests

800 metres - 1:43.60 (1989)
1000 metres - 2:14.50 (1989)
1500 metres - 3:30.55 (1989)
One mile - 3:49.40 (1988)
3000 metres - 7:42.18 (1994)

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	1,500 metres
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	1,500 metres
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.	4th	1,500 metres