Mo Farah

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama "Mo" Farah, CBE (Somali: Maxamed Mukhtaar Jaamac Faarax; born 23 Mairch 1983) is a Breetish distance rinner.^[10] On the track, he maistly competes ower 5000 metres an 10,000 metres, but haes rin competitively frae 1500 metres tae the marathon.

Sir Mohamed Farah
CBE

Farah at the 2016 Olympics podium wi his twa gowd medals
Personal information
Birth name	Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah
Nationality	Great Breetain
Born	(1983-03-23) 23 Mairch 1983 (age 41)[1] Mogadishu, Somalie
Monuments	Gowd Postboxes Isleworth, Lunnon; Teddington, Lunnon Madame Tussauds London waux sculptur in Marylebone
Residence	Portland, Oregon, U.S.[2]
Thrift	Rinner
Years active	1996–2017
Hicht	1.71 m (5 ft 7​1⁄4 in)[3]
Wecht	9 st 6 lb (60 kg)[3]
Spoose(s)	Tania Nell
Wabsteid	www.mofarah.com
Sport
Sport	Track an Field
Event(s)	1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, Hauf marathon, Marathon
Varsity team	St Mary's University College Twickenham London
Club	Newham and Essex Beagles, Lunnon Nike Oregon Project, Portland
Coached bi	Charles Van Commenee[4] Alan Storey[5] Alan Watkinson[6] Alberto Salazar[7] Ian Stewart (umwhile)[8]
Achievements an teetles
Personal best(s)	1500 metres: 3:28.81 AR[9] 3000 metres: 7:32.62 NR[9] Indoor 3000 m: 7:33.1i NR[9] 2-mile: 8:07.85 AR[9] Induir 2-mile: 8:03.40i WR[9] 5000 metres: 12:53.11 NR[9] Induir 5000 m: 13:09.16i AR[9] 10,000 metres: 26:46.57 AR[9] Hauf marathon: 59:32 AR[9] Marathon: 2:08:21[9]
Medal record Event 1st 2nt 3rd Olympic Gemmes 4 0 0 Warld Championships 6 2 0 Warld HM Championships 0 0 1 European Championships 5 1 0 European Induir Championships 2 0 0 European Cross Kintra Championships 1 3 1 European Team Championships 1 0 0 European U23 Championships 0 3 0 Total 19 9 2 Men's athletics Representin  Great Breetain Olympic Games 2012 Lunnon 5000 m 2012 Lunnon 10,000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro 5000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10,000 m Warld Championships 2011 Daegu 5000 m 2013 Moscow 5000 m 2013 Moscow 10,000 m 2015 Beijing 5000 m 2015 Beijing 10,000 m 2017 Lunnon 10,000 m 2011 Daegu 10,000 m 2017 London 5000 m Warld Hauf Marathon Championships 2016 Cardiff Individual European Championships 2010 Barcelona 5000 m 2010 Barcelona 10,000 m 2012 Helsinki 5000 m 2014 Zürich 5000 m 2014 Zürich 10,000 m 2006 Göteborg 5000 m European Induir Championships 2009 Torino 3000 m 2011 Paris 3000 m European Cross Kintra Championships 2006 San Giorgio su Legnano Individual 2008 Brussels Individual 2009 Dublin Individual 2009 Dublin Team 2008 Brussels Team European Team Championships 2009 Leiria 5000 m

References

1. "Athletes". iaaf.org. Archived frae the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
2. "BBC Sport – Athletics – Mo Farah changes coach to assist Olympic preparation". BBC News. 18 Februar 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
3. Mo Farah. "Twin Ambitions – My Autobiography". Books.google.com. p. 250. Retrieved 19 Julie 2016.
4. Charles Van Commenee – The Gordon Poole Agency Ltd. Gordonpoole.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2015.
5. The world is at Farah's feet as guru helps him go the distance | Athletics | Sport Archived 2017-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. The Independent (15 March 2009). Retrieved on 14 December 2015.
6. The Education Show 2016 – Alan Watkinson at The Education Show 2015^{[deid airtin]}. Education-show.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2015.
7. Gladwell, Malcolm and Nicholas Thompson Mo Farah, Usain Bolt and the World Championships New Yorker. 7 September 2015
8. Greechan, John (4 Juin 2016). "Mo Farah should be chasing Olympic gold not world records, says former world champion Ian Stewart | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 19 Julie 2016.
9. All-Athletics. "Profile of Mo Farah". Archived frae the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
10. Lindstrom, Sieg. "Sir Mo Farah | British athlete". Britannica.com. Retrieved 19 Julie 2016.