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.
[2] Aden was recruited with an athletic scholarship by Farleigh Dickinson University, for which he set multiple records, many of which still stand today.
[4] Aden earned a master's degree in exercise physiology at George Mason University, after which he pursued a coaching career.
[5] 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.
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.
After both had run world indoor records in Stockholm Globengalan[6] (former XL Galan) February 17, 2016 Dibaba (mile) and Souleiman (1000 m) expressed their gratitude to their coach.
"[7] In the same meeting another of Jama Aden's athletes, 18-year-old Abdalelah Haroun produced a 500 metres world best time and became first man ever running below 60 seconds indoor.
In an interview from November 2012 in Swedish daily news paper Dagens Nyheter, Aden describes his coaching philosophy and compares with differences between Europe and Africa.
He also reveals his satisfaction when Makhloufi crossed the line as winner of the Blue Ribbon event of the Olympics, the 1500 metres, in London 2012.
'"[9] In 2015 two of Jama Aden's athletes were suspended for doping violation, Laila Traby from France and Hamza Driouch from Qatar.
[12] A plausible explanation for the delayed announcement of Driouch's doping ban is found in the WADA Independent commission report #2 (page 68).
[17] Aden's second athlete caught for doping in 2015, Laila Traby, was suspended for EPO-use after French police found EPO in her apartment (Font-Romeu) in Nov 2014 and later she tested positive.
When interviewed by French sport paper L'Equipe after Genzebe Dibaba set the world record i Monaco Diamond League 2015, Aden told the journalist his personal best at 1500 meter was 3.36.
The Ethiopian sport journalist Bizuayehu Wagaw with running as specialization commented in turn what Wagner said with: "He should be silent [...] it is a shame people say like that without the person is proven guilty".