Mo Fareh

Mo Farah CBE is double Olympic, European Athletics and World champion - the UK's greatest ever distance runner. Mo’s achievements are a far cry from his humble beginnings in Somalia, arriving in London from Mogadishu at the age of 8 and speaking very little English. He recently became the first athlete to win three long-distance doubles at successive World Championships.

Mo grew up in West London and began running at school when spotted by his PE Teacher. He was a very successful junior athlete winning the European Junior 5000m title in 2001. His major breakthrough on the senior stage came in 2006 when he won a silver medal in the 5000m in the European T&F Championships and later in the year won the European Cross Country Championships. At global level he went on to place a creditable 6th in the 2007 World T&F Championships and 7th in the 2009 World T&F Championships.

Mo is coached by Alberto Salazar and runs for the Nike Oregon Project. He currently lives and trains in Portland, Oregon with his wife Tania and their three daughters: Rhianna, Aisha and Amani. Tania gave birth to their fourth child, a baby boy called Hussein, in October 2015.