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.