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Mo Farah is a Somali-British distance runner. Mo Farah is also the most successful British track athlete in the modern Olympic Games. And he has won 10 gold medals at world championships.
Early life
In March 23, 1983 Mohamed Muktar Jama, also known as Mo Fara, was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. Currently, she is 39 years. His parents are Muktar Farah and his mother Amran Farah.
When he was very young, his family was forced to move to the United Kingdom. As an African child, he found it very difficult to settle in the UK.
He was interested in sports and had the ability to run and play soccer. Thus, he graduated from St. Mary’s University from 2001 to 2011 and raced for Newham and Essex Beagles.
In 2001, he initially trained under coach Alan Storey. And, at the European Youth Athletics Championships, that year he won the 5,000 meters.
Subtitle: Mo Farah during his early life. Source (Instagram)
Mo Farah – Body Measurements
Mo Farah is tall and handsome. He is very tall and stands at 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm/1.75 m). Furthermore, he has maintained his body weight and weighs around 65 kg (143 lbs).
Meanwhile, he has black hair and pairs of black eyes.
Mo Farah – Net worth 2022
This professional athlete has earned a good amount of money throughout his career. He has a net worth of around $5 million as of 2022.
Social media
On his Instagram account called @gomofarah, he has 1.1 million followers. And on his Facebook page, he has gained 1.1 million followers.
He also has a Twitter account called @Mo_Farah. He joined the account in October 2009 and has 1.4 million followers.
Career
Mo Farah became Britain’s second fastest runner with a 5000m time of 13 minutes 9.40 seconds. Thus, the first position is occupied by Dave Moorcroft.
In 2006 he won the silver medal at the European 5000 m Championships in Gothenburg.
Therefore, he also has a place at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio Su Legnano, Italy. Later, he also trained in Kenya and Ethiopia.
And, in the following years, he won European titles in 2010 in the 5,000m and 10,000m.
In 2011 he won gold in the 3000 m at the European Indoor Championships. She eventually won the silver medal in the 10,000 m.
Additionally, at the 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, he won gold in the 5000 m.
He then successfully became the first Briton to win a medal at a World Championships over any distance. In the year 2012, his career was about to reach greater heights.
He won Great Britain’s first Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 m, with a time of 27:30.42, at the 2012 London Olympics.
Similarly, at the 2012 Olympics, he did a long-distance double by winning the 5,000m in a time of 13:41.66. Fortunately, in 2013 he broke the European 1,500m record with a time of 3:28.81.
That’s why it was at the Herculis meeting in Monaco. Meanwhile, he effectively broke Steve Cram’s 28-year-old British record. In addition, he broke the European record of Fermín Cacho who was 16 years old.
Finally, he also won the 10,000 m and 5,000 m events at the World Championships in Moscow that same year.
She was supposed to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Unfortunately, illness forced him to retire.
More about career
She then broke the world indoor two-mile record at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix in 2015. During the match, she ran 8:03.4 to beat Kenenisa Bekele’s record.
He then proceeded to win the gold medal double in long distance. He was during the 2015 World Athletics Championships and was 32 years old.
He participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he won gold medals in the 10,000 m and 5,000 m. Over time, he became the second athlete in the history of the modern Olympic Games, after Lasse Virén.
Subtitle: Mo Farah at the Olympic Games. Source (Instagram)
In 2011, he launched the Mo Farah Foundation after a trip to Somalia. That same year she participated in ITV’s ‘The Cube’. After the match she won £250,000 which she contributed to the foundation.
At the 2012 Olympic Hunger Summit at 10 Downing Street, he participated and was received by Prime Minister David Cameron.
Furthermore, in 2011 and 2012 he was named European Sportsman of the Year. In 2013, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) New Year Honors for his services to athletics.
Personal life
In 2010, Mo married his long-time girlfriend, Tania Nell. Additionally, they were blessed with 3 children whose names are yet to be revealed. And Mr. Farah has been very secretive when it comes to his personal life.
Caption: Mo Farah with his children. Source (Instagram)
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