Jama Aden
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Somali British |
| Born |
August 28, 1962 Ainaba, Somalia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track |
| Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres, Mile |
| College team | Farleigh Dickinson |
| Coached by | John Cook and Mal Whitfield |
| Now coaching | Genzebe Dibaba, 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 1500 metres: 3:38.12 Mile: 3:56.82 3000 metres: 7:53.85 |
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.
Aden was recruited with an athletic scholarship by Farleigh Dickinson University, for which he set multiple records, many of which still stand today. He was especially known for having run a 3:56.82 mile as a junior undergrad. He was coached by Mal Whitfield, two times Olympic champion.
Aden ran for Somalia at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1983 World Championships, he competed in both the men's 800 metres and men's 1500 metres, but did not advance to the finals in either distance. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he finished in fifth place of the second heat in the men's 1500 metres, Pascal Thiebaut (FRA) won the heat and Sebastian Coe (GBR) was second. Aden did not advance to the finals.
Aden earned a master's degree in exercise physiology at George Mason University, after which he pursued a coaching career. He was assisting John Cook in coaching countryman and GMU runner Abdi Bile before he won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. Among the successful runners Aden has coached himself are two-times 800 metres world indoor champion Abukaker Kaki Khamis, 2008 Beijing Olympics 800 metres silver-medalist Ismael Ahmed Ismael, 2012 London Olympics 1500 metres champion Taoufik Makhloufi, 2012 world junior 1500 metres champion Hamza Driouch, 2013 world indoor champion and indoor world record holder at 1000 metres Ayanleh Souleiman, and several times world champion and world record holder at 1500 metres indoor and outdoor as well as Mile, 3000 and 5000 metres indoor – Genzebe Dibaba. In 2011 Aden was selected as the most worthy of 132 candidates from 16 Arab countries who contended for the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Excellence.
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