11 Facts About Moe Sbihi

Mohamed Karim Sbihi was born on 27 March 1988 and is a British rower.

Moe Sbihi is a three-time Olympian and Olympic medal winner.

Moe Sbihi won a gold medal in the coxless four at 2016 Rio Olympics, and at the 2012 London Olympics he was in the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight.

Moe Sbihi returned to the eight for the 2020 Tokyo games, again winning bronze.

Moe Sbihi was born in Kingston upon Thames to a British mother and a Moroccan father.

Moe Sbihi finished first in the junior men J15 category at the 2003 Great Britain Indoor Rowing Championships.

Moe Sbihi won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the coxless four.

Moe Sbihi then won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman and won another bronze medal the following year at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the eight with George, Rudkin, Josh Bugajski, Jacob Dawson, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Thomas Ford and Fieldman.

Moe Sbihi was selected as one of Team GB's two flag bearers for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, on 23 July 2021, which he described as a "huge honour".

Moe Sbihi became Great Britain's first ever Muslim flag bearer.

Moe Sbihi was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's 2017 New Year Honours list for services to rowing.