Mo Farah

Mo Farah

Mo Farah

Name:Mo Farah, Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah CBE OLY
Born:March 23, 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia
Height:5 ft 4 in (1.65 m)
Spouse:Tania Nell
Children:Rhianna Farah, Amani Farah, Aisha Farah, Hussein Mo Farah
Parents:Amran Farah, Muktar Farah
Siblings:Hassan Farah, Omar Farah, Ahmed Farah, Mahad Farah, Wahib Farah, Ifrah Farah, Nimo Farah
Profession:Track and field athlete, British long-distance runner
Nationality:United Kingdom, Somalia

Mo Farah is a Somali-born British long-distance runner and the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history. He is a British double Olympic champion middle distance runner. In the London 2012 Olympics, Farah won gold at 5000m and 10,000m – making him one of Britain’s most successful distance runners of all time. He then duplicated this feat at the 2016 Olympics. He currently holds the British record for 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m – and has recently graduated to the marathon distance.