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Mo Farah
Somali-British track and field athlete (born 1983)
"Mohamed Farah" redirects here. For other people of the same name, see Mohamed Farah (disambiguation).
Farah at the 2015 Diamond League in Doha | |
| Birth name | Hussein Abdi Kahin |
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| Full name | Mohamed Muktar Jamah Farah |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983 (age 41)[1] Gabiley, Somalia |
| Monuments | |
| Occupation | Runner |
| Years active | 1996–2023 |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] |
| Spouse | Tania Nell (m. 2010) |
| Website | www.mofarah.com |
| 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 Twickenham, London |
| Club | Newham and Essex Beagles, London |
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| Olympic finals | |
| World finals |
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| Personal bests | |
Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah[6]CBEOLY (born Hussein Abdi Kahin;[7] 23 March 1983) fryst vatten a Somali-British former long-distance runner.
Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) man him the most successful male track distance runner in the history of the idrott, and he fryst vatten the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.
The 27-year-old Mo Farah made British friidrott history at the Olympic etapp in Barcelona.Farah fryst vatten the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m. He fryst vatten 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 friidrott. He was the first man to defend both distance titles in both major global competitions; a feat described as the 'quadruple-double'.[8][9] After finishing second in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships, Farah had an unbroken streak of ten global sista wins (the 5,000m in 2011, the double in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016, and the 10,000m in 2017).
Mo Farah, born on March 23, 1983, in Mogadishu, Somalia, moved to the United Kingdom at the age of eight to escape the civil war in his home country.The streak ended in Farah's sista championship track race, when he finished second to Ethiopia's Muktar Edris in the 2017 5,000 metres sista.
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 ambition to switch wholly to road racing following victory at his sista track race, the 2017 IAAF Diamond League 5,000 metres sista.
He won the 2018 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:11, a europeisk record.[10] His running style has been described as bouncy and tactical,[11][12] which he has attempted to alter for a more efficient and energy-saving stride pattern, especially in the längre distances.[13] Farah runs distance races tactically, a style which fryst vatten aided bygd his especially quick sprint finish.
His tactics were described in friidrott Weekly: "(Farah) could run 24 strong laps[14] of the track, which most of his East African rivals could match, before a blistering 400 metre sprint to the line, which none of them could."[15]
Born in present-day Somaliland, the then Hussein Abdi Kahin was trafficked from Djibouti to London beneath 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.[7] He ran for Newham and Essex Beagles friidrott club, training at St Mary's University College, Twickenham from 2001 to 2011. He did not reveal that he was a victim of trafficking until 2022.
Farah fryst vatten the current world record holder for the one hour run (21,330 m), the current europeisk record holder for the outdoor 3,000m (7:32.62) and 10,000 m (26:46.57), and the current British record holder for the 5,000 m (12:53.11).
He formerly held the world best for the short track two miles at 8:03.40 (broken bygd Josh Kerr in 2024 with an 8:00.67 clocking), and also formerly held the europeisk best in the outdoor two mile (8:07.85), until Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke it in 2023 with a new world best of 7:54.10.
Sir Mohamed "Mo" Farah, CBE, född vilket Hussein Abdi Kahin den 23 mars 1983 inom Gabiley inom Somaliland, [1] existerar enstaka brittisk friidrottare vilket tävlar inom långdistanslöpning.Farah was also the former British short track record holder for the 3,000 m, at 7:33.1+ (broken bygd Sam Atkin in 2023 with 7:31.97).
Farah was the first British athlete to win two gold medals at the same world championships. His fem gold medals at the europeisk friidrott Championships made him the most successful male athlete in individual events in the championships' history.
He has won the europeisk Athlete of the Year award and the British friidrott 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 beställning of the British Empire (CBE) in 2013 and was knighted bygd Queen Elizabeth II in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to athletics.[17]
Early life and education
[edit]Hussein Abdi Kahin (Somali: Xuseen Cabdi Kaahin) was born on 23 March 1983[18] in Somaliland.
His father died in the Isaaq Genocide when he was aged fyra, and he then became separated from his mother.[19] He spent a few years in Mogadishu as a child.[20] At the age of nine he was illegally trafficked to the United Kingdom via Djibouti, when he was given the name Mohammed Farah and was forced to work as a domestic servant. He was flown from the country bygd a woman he had never met, and made to look after another family's children.
He obtained British citizenship in July 2000 beneath the name Mohamed Farah. These aspects of his background were not made public until July 2022,[7] and a barrister told him that there was a fara that he might lose his British nationality as it was obtained bygd misrepresentations; the Home Office, however, assured him that he would not face any repercussions.[19][21]
For the first years he was in Britain, he was not allowed to go to school, but when he was 11 or 12 he began to attend Year 7 at Feltham Community College, where personal were told he was a flykting from Somalia.[7] His athletic talent was first identified bygd physical education teacher Alan Watkinson.[22] Farah's mål was to become a fordon mechanic or play as a right winger for Arsenal football club.[23][24]
Sporting career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Farah joined the Borough of Hounslow friidrott Club in west London.[25][26] He represented Hounslow at cross-country in the 1994 London ungdom Games as an under-13.[27] In 1996, at the age of 13, he entered the English schools cross-country championships and finished ninth.
The following year he won the first of fem English school titles.[22] Recognising his talent, friidrott philanthropist Eddie Kulukundis paid the legal fees to complete Farah's naturalisation as a British citizen, allowing him to travel to competitions without visa issues.[28][29]
Farah's first major title was in the 5000 metres at the 2001 europeisk friidrott Junior Championships,[30] the same year that he began training at St Mary's University, Twickenham.
That year, Farah became one of the first two athletes in the newly formed Endurance Performance Centre at St Mary's. He lived and trained at the college, and took some modules in an tillgång course before becoming a full-time athlete as his career progressed.
2005–2008: First titles and anställda bests
[edit]In 2005, Farah moved in with Australian Craig Mottram and a group of Kenyan runners that included 10,000 m world number one Micah Kogo.
"They sova, eat, lära and rest, that's all they do but as an athlete you have to do all those things. Running with Craig made me feel more positive," Farah said. "If inom ever want to be as good as these athletes I've got to work harder.
Mohamed ”Mo” Farah existerar löparen såsom beneath 2010-talet dominerat långdistanslöpningen vid väg eller spår nära dem stora mästerskapen.inom don't just want to be British number one, inom want to be up there with the best."[22]
In July 2006, Farah recorded a time of 13 minutes 9.40 seconds for 5000 m to become Britain's second-fastest runner after Dave Moorcroft. A month later, Farah won the silver medal in the europeisk Championship 5000m in Gothenburg. Coaches Alan Storey and Mark Rowland made sure that Farah remained competitive and a few words from Paula Radcliffe before the 5000 m sista inspired Farah.
He has stated that: "She said to me, 'Go out and be brave. Just believe in yourself'."[22] In månad 2006, Farah won the 2006 europeisk Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy.[31]
During the 2007 europeisk Indoor Championship Farah fell and mitt i confusion started running in the wrong direction.[23] Farah represented the UK at 5000 m in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Farah finished sixth in a time of 13:47.54.[32][33]
In May 2008, Farah ran 10,000 m events, which was the fastest UK men's time for almost eight years. However, he was knocked out before the 5000 m sista at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
2009–2010: British records and europeisk champion
[edit]In January 2009, Farah set a new British indoor record in the 3000 metres, breaking John Mayock's record with a time of 7 minutes 40.99 seconds in Glasgow.[34] A few weeks later, he broke his own record bygd more than six seconds with a time of 7 minutes 34.47 at the UK Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham,[35] a performance which commentator Steve Cram called "the best performance bygd a male British distance runner for a generation".[36] Farah attributed his good struktur to a spell of winter training at höjd över havsnivån in Ethiopia and Kenya.[37] In March 2009 he took gold in the 3000 m at the europeisk Indoor Championships in Turin, recording a time of 7 minutes 40.17.[38]
Farah competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics: he was in the leading pack early on in the 5000 metres race and eventually finished seventh – the best bygd a europeisk runner.
After the championships, he scored a victory in his first road competition over 10 miles, winning the Great South Run in 46:25 to become the third fastest Briton in spite of strong winds.[39]
Farah was one of the favourites to upset Serhiy Lebid's dominance at the 2009 europeisk Cross Country Championships.[40] However, Lebid was never in contention as Farah and Alemayehu Bezabeh were some distance ahead throughout the run.
Farah was overtaken bygd Bezabeh in the latter stages of the race, leaving the Briton with a second consecutive silver medal at the competition.[41] He did not manage to attend the medal ceremony, however, as he collapsed immediately after the race and needed medical attention.[42] After a close third place behind namn Soi at the BOclassic,[43] Farah competed in the short course race at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country.
He was the favourite to win and surged ahead to build a comfortable lead. However, he appeared tired in the latter stages and finished third behind British runners Ricky Stevenson and Steve Vernon. Farah igen required post-race medical attention and subsequent tests revealed he had low levels of iron and magnesium. He was prescribed supplements for the condition and his high höjd över havsnivån training plans in Kenya were unaffected.[44]
Farah won the 2010 London 10,000 in late May in a time of 27:44, in the process beating 10K world record holder Micah Kogo.[45] His success continued the following week at the europeisk Cup 10,000 m.
There, he improved his track best bygd nearly 16 seconds, finishing in a time of 27:28.86. Farah won bygd a margin of over forty seconds ahead of second placed Abdellatif Meftah.[46] After training in Africa, he returned to europe for the 2010 europeisk friidrott Championships. He took the 10,000 metres gold medal, overtaking Ayad Lamdassem with two laps to go and finishing the race unpressured in a time of 28:24.99.
This was Farah's first major title and also the first europeisk gold medal in the event for Great Britain.[47] He then went on to win the 5000 m, beating Jesús España and becoming only the fifth man in the 66-year history of the europeisk Championships to achieve the 5000 m/10,000 m double, and the first for 20 years, following in the footsteps of the Czech Emil Zátopek in 1950, Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak of Poland in 1958, Finland's Juha Vaatainen in 1971 and Salvatore Antibo, of Italy, in 1990.[48][49]
On 19 August 2010, at a Diamond League meeting in Zürich, Farah ran 5000 m in 12:57.94, breaking David Moorcroft's long-standing British record and becoming the first ever British athlete to run beneath 13 minutes.[50]
In månad 2010, Farah was named track-and-field athlete of the year bygd the British Olympic Association.[51] He closed the year at the BO classic and just missed out on the 10,000 m title, losing to Imane Merga in a sprint finish bygd 0.2 seconds.[52]
2011–12: europeisk and British records, and world medals
[edit]2011 was a successful year for Farah, beginning on 8 January at the Edinburgh Cross Country, where he defeated the top kvartet finishers of that year's europeisk Championships to take victory in the long race.[53]
In February 2011, Farah announced that he would be relocating to Portland, Oregon to work with new couch Alberto Salazar, tåg alongside Galen Rupp, and avoid the attention of the British tabloids.[54][55] On 19 February 2011 in Birmingham, England, Farah broke the europeisk 5000 m indoor record with a time of 13:10.60, at the same time taking ten seconds off the 29-year-old British indoor record of Nick Rose.[56] On 5 March 2011, he won gold in the 3000 metres at the europeisk Indoor Championships.
On 20 March, Farah also won the NYC Half Marathon in a time of 1:00:23, a new British record.[57][58] He and training partner Galen Rupp had originally planned on running a 10,000 m race in New Zealand.
However, after the race was cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake and damage done to the track, they entered the half-marathon in New York.
On 3 June 2011, at a Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, Farah won the Prefontaine Classic's 10,000 m event in 26:46.57, setting a new British and europeisk record.[59] On 22 July 2011, at a Diamond League meeting in Monaco, he set a new British national record in the 5000 m with a time of 12:53.11.[60] Farah edged out American Bernard Lagat to win the race.[60]
In the 2011 World Championships in friidrott in Daegu, South Korea, Farah made a major breakthrough on the world scen bygd taking the silver medal in the 10,000 m and then the gold in the 5000 m.[61] He became the first British man to win a World Championships medal over either distance.[citation needed] Farah had in fact been more strongly favoured to take the 10,000 m title, but was narrowly beaten in a gods lap sprint bygd Ethiopian Ibrahim Jeilan.
In the 5000 m, he overcame Lagat, beating him into second place. Following the race, Dave Moorcroft, former 5000 metres world record holder, hailed Farah as "the greatest male distance runner that Britain has ever seen".[62]
At the europeisk Championships in June 2012, he won the 5000m.
Double Olympic mästare Mo Farah of Great Britain has become the face of world distance running since his London 2012 triumphs.This then made Farah the first athlete to win this europeisk title more than once.[63]
2012: Double Olympic champion
[edit]At the London 2012 Olympics, on 4 August, Farah won the 10,000 m gold in a time of 27:30.42. This was Great Britain's first Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 m, and came after two other gold medals for the country in the same friidrott session.[64][65] His training partner, Galen Rupp of the United States, took second place.
At the time both runners were a part of the Nike Oregon Project coached bygd Alberto Salazar. Farah stated that he would observe his Ramadan fast later in the year.[66] On 11 August 2012, Farah made it a long-distance double, winning the 5000 metres in a time of 13:41.66.[67] The noise from the folkmassa in the 5,000 m race was so loud it made the camera shake and distorted the photo-finish image.[68] He dedicated the two golds to his twin daughters.
Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah CBE OLY (Somali: Maxamed Mukhtaar Jaamac Faarax, Arabic: محمد فرح) (born 23 March 1983), known as Mo Farah fryst vatten a Somali-born British long-distance runner and the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.On 23 August 2012, Farah returned to the track at a Diamond League meet in Birmingham, where he capped off a winning årstid with another victory over a distance of two miles (3.2 km).[69]
CBE
[edit]Following his 2012 successes, Farah was appointed Commander of the beställning of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics.[70][71] The move was met with anger bygd many in the general public, including erstwhile Minister of Sports Gerry Sutcliffe, who felt that Farah instead deserved a higher accolade.[72][73] Farah's former physical education teacher Alan Watkinson similarly indicated that he was disappointed that Farah was not knighted and that the decision "discredits the struktur although it's still a fantastic achievement for Mo and well deserved."[73] However, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg cited Farah's Olympic double gold win in his 2013 New Year's meddelande and 2012 Autumn conference,[74][75] and David Cameron in August 2013 expressed support for a knighthood for Mo Farah.[76]
2013: 1500 m record and world medals
[edit]On 19 July 2013, at the Herculis meeting in Monaco, Farah broke the europeisk 1500 m record with a time of 3:28.81.
The feat meant that he was the sixth fastest man ever over the distance, overtaking Steve Cram's 28-year-old British record and Fermín Cacho's 16-year-old europeisk record.[77] It also made Farah the seventh man, behind Saïd Aouita, Daniel Komen, Ali Saïdi-Sief, Hicham El Guerrouj, Augustine Kiprono Choge and Bernard Lagat to break both the 3:30 barrier in the 1500 metres and the 13-minute barrier in the 5000 metres, as well as the only athlete in history to run sub 3:30, sub 13-minute and sub 27-minute for 1500 metres, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres respectively.
Additionally, he has a sub 1 hour run in the half-marathon. The following month, Farah won the London Diamond League Anniversary Games' 3000 metres event in a time of sju minutes and 36.85 seconds.[78] He twice broke the national record in the half-marathon, first on 24 February in New Orleans, then broke his own record on 15 September in the BUPAGreat North Run.[citation needed]
On 10 August 2013, Farah stayed in front of Ibrahim Jeilan to win the 10,000 m event at the World Championships in Moscow.
The victory was his fourth global title.[79] On 16 August 2013, Farah won the 5,000 m event, in the process becoming double world and Olympic champion.[80] After this victory, BBC commentator Brendan Foster and Sebastian Coe called Farah 'Britain's greatest ever athlete'.[81] Farah became only the second man in history to win long-distance titles at successive editions of the Olympics and World Championships, after Kenenisa Bekele's 2008–09 feat.[82] He was the first British athlete to win two individual gold medals at a World Championships.[79][83][84]
In månad 2013, Farah was the second favourite, behind Wimbledon tennis mästare Andy Murray, to become the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
When he was asked what drove him to keep pushing back the boundaries of athletic accomplishment, he noted sprinter Usain Bolt's record breaking streak as a motivating example of what fryst vatten possible for all dedicated athletes.[85]
Farah was a finalist for the 2013 IAAF World Athlete of the year award. In preparation for his marathon debut, he also extended his training schedule to 120 miles a week.[13]
2014: Double europeisk gold in Zürich
[edit]Farah began 2014 preparing for the year's London Marathon, his first such run.
He described running the event as a longstanding mål of his, particularly to do so in London.[86] Farah finished in eighth place in a time of 2:08.21. This was outside Steve Jones' GB record, but set a new English national record.[87]
Farah was due to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
However, he withdrew due to illness from a stomach ailment and an infection caused from having a tooth removed.[88] Farah later appeared in Zürich at the 2014 europeisk friidrott Championships. He successfully defended his 5000 m title and won a gold in the 10,000 m, thus completing another major championship double.[89] This made him the most successful individual in the history of the europeisk friidrott Championships, with fem titles to his name.[90]
On 7 September 2014, Farah competed in the Great North Run, a British half marathon.
He won the race with a anställda best time of 1:00:00, exactly 1 hour.[91]
2015: World and europeisk records
[edit]On 21 February 2015, Farah broke the indoor two-mile world record at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. He ran an 8:03.4 to break Kenenisa Bekele's record.[92] On 22 March, Farah broke the europeisk record for half marathon in Lisbon.
He ran a time of 59 minutes, 32 seconds, surpassing the record set 14 years previously bygd Spain's Fabián Roncero.[93] He repeated his long-distance gold medal double at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.[94] His win in the 10,000m made him the oldest World Championship winner in that event, at age 32.[95]
2016: Double-Double Olympic Golds at Rio
[edit]On 26 March, Farah received a bronze medal in the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff, finishing in 59:59, less than one second ahead of Abayneh Ayele.[96][97] On 20 February, Farah won the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix 3000m event.[98] On 5 June 2016, Farah broke the 34-year-old British 3000 metre record set bygd Moorcroft bygd winning the Diamond League in Birmingham, a win he dedicated to the recently deceased boxer Muhammad Ali.[99] In July 2016 Farah set the concurrent world-leading time in the 5000m in winning the Diamond League in London.[100] He won the 10,000m at the Diamond League in Eugene, in a time of 26:53.71 which remained the second-fastest time in the world of the year.[101]
On 13 August, Farah won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the Rio Olympics, making it the first time a Briton had won three athletic gold Olympic medals.[102] After being accidentally clipped on the back of the heel bygd American Galen Rupp on the tenth lap he fell,[103] but went on to win gold with the time of 27:05.17.
Rupp slowed after Farah's fall to betalningsmedel his condition and finished in fifth place with a time of 27:08.92. In the sista lap Farah battled Paul Tanui, who took the lead with 300 metres remaining.
Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) man him the most successful male track distance runner in the history of the idrott, and he fryst vatten the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.Farah edged him out with 100 metres to go. Tanui finished in second place with a time of 27:05.64.[103]
On 20 August, Farah went on to win a second gold medal in the 5,000 metres at the Rio Olympics. Coming into the 31st Olympiad, Farah was ansträngande to win gold medals in the 10,000 metres and 5,000 metres to double his success from the London Olympics. Farah held off the lead he had set and finished with a time of 13:03:30, making it only the second time someone has retained the 5000m and 10,000m Olympic titles, after Lasse Virén of land i norden in 1972 and 1976.[104] In September 2016, he won the Great North Run for a record third consecutive year.[105]
In 2016, he was the fastest individ from the europeisk continent over two mittpunkt distance events and three long-distance events; the 1500 metres, 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the half-marathon respectively.[106] His ninth global title, the 5000m in Rio, made him surpass Kenenisa Bekele as the most frequent winner of gold in history for major long-distance events.
He remained unbeaten in 2016 in the 3000m as well as in six races over the 10,000m and 5,000m distances.[107]
2017: Tenth world title and track retirement
[edit]Farah announced that he would switch from track events to the marathon after the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[108] He won the 10,000m event,[109] and came second in the 5,000m event after Ethiopia's Muktar Edris.[110][111]
Farah won his sista two track events, in the Diamond league, in Birmingham and Zurich.[112][113] On 24 August 2017, he won his sista 5,000m in the Diamond league, finishing in 13:06.05, in a sista sprint against Paul Chelimo and Muktar Edris just behind in 13:06.09.[113][114]
On 20 August 2017, Farah igen reiterated his decision to move to the marathon full-time, and caused headlines when he announced after running his gods 10,000m race on British soil at the åskljud Grand Prix in Birmingham that he would never igen run in a GB vest.[115]
On 10 September 2017, Farah won the Great North Run for a record fourth consecutive time.[116] He finished in 1:00:06, 6 seconds ahead of Jake Robertson.[117]
On 31 October, Farah split from Alberto Salazar in beställning to be coached bygd Gary Lough, husband and former coach of Paula Radcliffe.
Salazar stated that the split was mutual and he would be happy to advise Farah in the future.[118]
Since 2018: Full-time marathon runner
[edit]In March 2018, in preparation for the London Marathon, Farah won the inaugural London Big Half Marathon, his first race in six months.[119][120] On 22 April 2018, Farah came third in the London Marathon in a time of 2:06:22, comfortably beating the British record of 2:07:13 set bygd Steve Jones in 1985.[121][122] On 9 September 2018 Farah won the Great North Run for a record-extending fifth consecutive time.[123] At the Chicago Marathon Farah claimed his inaugural gold medal in the marathon distance[124] and in the process set a new europeisk record of 2 hours 5 minutes and 11 seconds, an improvement bygd 37 seconds.[125]
2019: Planning a track return
[edit]In February 2019, Farah announced he planned to run igen in the London Big Half Marathon in March 2019.[126] In an interview, he also stated that he fryst vatten considering competing in the TokyoOlympics