Mo Farah information

Sir
Mo Farah
CBE OLY
	Farah at the 2015 Diamond League in Doha
Personal information
Birth name	Hussein Abdi Kahin
Full name	Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah
Nationality	British
Born	23 March 1983 (age 41); Gabiley, Somali Democratic Republic; (present-day Somaliland)
Monuments	Gold postboxes: Isleworth, London; Teddington, London; Madame Tussauds wax sculpture in Marylebone;
Occupation	Runner
Years active	1996–2023
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Spouse	Tania Nell (m. 2010)
Website	www.mofarah.com
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Athletics/Track, Long-distance running
Event(s)	10,000 metres, 5000 metres, 1500 metres, Half marathon, Marathon
University team	St Mary's University College Twickenham London
Club	Newham and Essex Beagles, London
Coached by	Charles Van Commenee; Alan Storey; Alan Watkinson; Ian Stewart; (formerly) Alberto Salazar;
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2008 Beijing 5000 m, 17th (h); ; 2012 London 10,000 m, Gold; 5000 m, Gold; ; 2016 Rio de Janeiro; 10,000 m, Gold; 5000 m, Gold; ;
World finals	2007 Osaka 5000 m, 6th; ; 2009 Berlin 5000 m, 7th; ; 2011 Daegu 10,000 m, Silver; 5000 m, Gold; ; 2013 Moscow 10,000 m, Gold; 5000 m, Gold; ; 2015 Beijing 10,000 m, Gold; 5000 m, Gold; ; 2017 London 10,000 m, Gold; 5000 m, Silver; ;
Personal bests	Outdoor 800 m: 1:48.24 (Lugano 2008); 1500 m: 3:28.81 NR (Monaco 2013); Mile: 3:56.49 (London 2005); 3000 m: 7:32.62 NR (Birmingham 2016); 2-mile: 8:07.85 ER (Birmingham 2014); 5000 m: 12:53.11 NR (Monaco 2011); 10,000 m: 26:46.57 ER (Eugene 2011); 20,000 m: 56:20.30 NR (Brussels 2020); Hour run: 21,330 m WR (Brussels 2020); ; Indoor Mile: 3:57.92 (Boston 2012); 3000 m: 7:34.47i NR (Birmingham 2009); 2-mile: 8:03.40i (Birmingham 2015); 5000 m: 13:09.16i (Birmingham 2017); ; Road 10 km: 27:44 NR (London 2010); Half marathon: 59:07a ER (South Shields 2019); Marathon: 2:05:11 NR (Chicago 2018); ;
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
World Championships
Diamond League
World Half Marathon Championships
European Championships
European Indoor Championships
European Cross Country Championships
Half Marathon
World Marathon Majors

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah^[7] CBE OLY (born Hussein Abdi Kahin;^[8] 23 March 1983) is a Somali-born British retired long-distance runner. Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever, and he is the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.

Farah is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m. He is the second athlete, after Lasse Virén, to win both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m titles at successive Olympic Games. He also completed the 'distance double' at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics. He was the first man to defend both distance titles in both major global competitions; a feat described as the 'quadruple-double'.^[9]^[10] After finishing second in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships, Farah had an unbroken streak of ten global final wins (the 5,000m in 2011, the double in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016, and the 10,000m in 2017). The streak ended in Farah's final championship track race, when he finished second to Ethiopia's Muktar Edris in the 2017 5,000 metres final.

On the track, Farah mostly competed over 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres, but has run competitively from 1,500 metres to the marathon. In 2017, he indicated his intention to switch wholly to road racing following victory at his final track race, the 2017 IAAF Diamond League 5,000 metres final. He won the 2018 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:11, a European record.^[11] His running style has been described as bouncy and tactical,^[12]^[13] which he has attempted to alter for a more efficient and energy-saving stride pattern, especially in the longer distances.^[14] Farah runs distance races tactically, a style which is aided by his especially quick sprint finish. His tactics were described in Athletics Weekly: "(Farah) could run 24 strong laps of the track, which most of East African rivals could match, before a blistering 400 metre sprint to the line, which none of them could."^[15]

Born in present-day Somalia, the then Hussein Abdi Kahin was trafficked from Djibouti to London under the name of another child, Mohamed Farah, at the age of nine where he was forced into child labour. He adopted the name as his own thereafter, becoming a British citizen.^[8] He ran for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club, training at St Mary's University College, Twickenham from 2001 to 2011.

Farah is the European record holder for the 10,000 m and outdoor two miles, the British record holder for the 5,000 m, the former British indoor record holder for the 3,000 m (broken by Josh Kerr in 2024), the former world record holder for the indoor two miles (also broken by Josh Kerr in 2024), and the current world record holder for the one hour run.

Farah was the first British athlete to win two gold medals at the same world championships. His five gold medals at the European Athletics Championships make him the most successful athlete in individual events in the championships' history. He has won the European Athlete of the Year award and the British Athletics Writers Association British Athlete of the Year award more than any other athlete, three times and six times respectively. In 2017, Farah won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.^[16] Farah was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2013 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to athletics.^[17]

Farah was the winner of Taskmaster's New Year Treat 2023. Later in 2023, he was appointed the International Organization for Migration's first global Goodwill Ambassador.^{[citation needed]}

^ Farah, Mo (10 October 2013). Twin Ambitions – My Autobiography. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 250. ISBN 9781444779592. Retrieved 19 July 2016 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Mo Farah | Team GB". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ "Charles Van Commenee". The Gordon Poole Agency Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ "The world is at Farah's feet as guru helps him go the distance". The Independent. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ "Alan Watkinson at The Education Show 2015". The Education Show. Retrieved 14 December 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Profile of Mo Farah". International Association of Athletics Federations.
^ "Mo Farah | Biography & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b Nagesh, Ashitha (11 July 2022). "Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child". BBC News. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ Foster, Alice (12 August 2017). "When is Mo Farah's final race at London 2017? Start time at World Athletics Championships". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "2016 Summer Olympics Bio – Mo Farah". ESPN. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
^ "Bank of America Chicago Marathon". results.chicagomarathon.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Hart, Simon (19 November 2013). "Coup for UK Athletics as Mo Farah coach Alberto Salazar agrees to help Britain's middle and long-distance runners". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ Ingle, Sean (17 August 2013). "Mo Farah: 'World championship wins tougher than London 2012'". The Observer. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ Ingle, Sean (12 December 2013). "Mo Farah changing stride for marathon task". The Irish Times.
^ Monti, Dave (10 August 2013). "With Best Tactics and Speed, Britain's Mo Farah Captures World 10,000m Title". Let's Run. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "Mo Farah 'shocked' to win BBC Sports Personality". BBC Sport. 18 December 2017.
^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N2.

[bio-1] Farah, Mo (10 October 2013). Twin Ambitions – My Autobiography. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 250. ISBN 9781444779592. Retrieved 19 July 2016 – via Google Books.

[teamgb-2] "Mo Farah | Team GB". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

[3] "Charles Van Commenee". The Gordon Poole Agency Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[4] "The world is at Farah's feet as guru helps him go the distance". The Independent. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[5] "Alan Watkinson at The Education Show 2015". The Education Show. Retrieved 14 December 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[IAAF-Time-6] "Profile of Mo Farah". International Association of Athletics Federations.

[7] "Mo Farah | Biography & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[:1-8] Nagesh, Ashitha (11 July 2022). "Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child". BBC News. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[9] Foster, Alice (12 August 2017). "When is Mo Farah's final race at London 2017? Start time at World Athletics Championships". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[10] "2016 Summer Olympics Bio – Mo Farah". ESPN. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

[11] "Bank of America Chicago Marathon". results.chicagomarathon.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[12] Hart, Simon (19 November 2013). "Coup for UK Athletics as Mo Farah coach Alberto Salazar agrees to help Britain's middle and long-distance runners". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

[13] Ingle, Sean (17 August 2013). "Mo Farah: 'World championship wins tougher than London 2012'". The Observer. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[Mara-14] Ingle, Sean (12 December 2013). "Mo Farah changing stride for marathon task". The Irish Times.

[15] Monti, Dave (10 August 2013). "With Best Tactics and Speed, Britain's Mo Farah Captures World 10,000m Title". Let's Run. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[16] "Mo Farah 'shocked' to win BBC Sports Personality". BBC Sport. 18 December 2017.

[17] "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N2.

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