32 Facts About Mo Farrah

Mo Farrah completed the 'distance double' at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics.

Mo Farrah was the first man to defend both distance titles in both major global competitions; a feat described as the 'quadruple-double'.

Mo Farrah won the 2018 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:11, a European record.

Mo Farrah's running style has been described as bouncy and tactical, which he has attempted to alter for a more efficient and energy-saving stride pattern, especially in the longer distances.

Mo Farrah adopted the name as his own thereafter, becoming a British citizen.

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Mo Farrah ran for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club, training at St Mary's University College, Twickenham from 2001 to 2011.

Mo Farrah has won the European Athlete of the Year award and the British Athletics Writers Association British Athlete of the Year award more than any other athlete, three times and six times respectively.

Mo Farrah's father died in the civil war when he was aged four, and he then became separated from his mother.

Mo Farrah was flown from the country by a woman he had never met, and made to look after another family's children.

Mo Farrah obtained British citizenship in July 2000 under the name Mohamed Farah.

Mo Farrah represented Hounslow at cross-country in the 1994 London Youth Games as an under-13.

Mo Farrah lived and trained at the college, and took some modules in an access course before becoming a full-time athlete as his career progressed.

Mo Farrah did not manage to attend the medal ceremony as he collapsed immediately after the race and needed medical attention.

Mo Farrah was the favourite to win and surged ahead to build a comfortable lead.

Mo Farrah was prescribed supplements for the condition and his high altitude training plans in Kenya were unaffected.

Mo Farrah 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 by 0.

Mo Farrah was the first British athlete to win two individual gold medals at a World Championships.

Mo Farrah described running the event as a longstanding ambition of his, particularly to do so in London.

Mo Farrah successfully defended his 5000 m title and won a gold in the 10,000 m, thus completing another major championship double.

Mo Farrah ran a time of 59 minutes, 32 seconds, surpassing the record set 14 years previously by Spain's Fabian Roncero.

Mo Farrah repeated his long-distance gold medal double at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.

Mo Farrah won the 10,000m at the Diamond League in Eugene, in a time of 26:53.

Mo Farrah remained unbeaten in 2016 in the 3000m as well as in six races over the 10,000m and 5,000m distances.

Mo Farrah won the 10,000m event, and came second in the 5,000m event after Ethiopia's Muktar Edris.

Mo Farrah finished in 1:00:06,6 seconds ahead of Jake Robertson.

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Mo Farrah has confirmed that he may run in the 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Doha in late 2019, although this would depend on the result of the 2019 Big Half Marathon.

Mo Farrah adopted the move following a television appearance in May 2012 opposite sports presenter Clare Balding, on the panel game show A League of Their Own.

Mo Farrah and his wife have twin daughters called Aisha and Amani, born in August 2012.

Mo Farrah has indicated a desire to become a fitness coach at the Emirates Stadium in Holloway once he retires so as to improve its conditioning record.

Mo Farrah has expressed support for research into brain tumours.

Mo Farrah led television advertisements for Quorn's vegetarian forms of protein, with the campaign scheduled to last throughout the following year.

Mo Farrah became the eighth celebrity to be eliminated on 2 December 2020 alongside AJ Pritchard.