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Mo Farah
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British track and field athlete
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Mo Farah, born Hussein Abdi Kahin on 23 March 1983, is a British athletics competitor and marathon runner. He represents the United Kingdom in sports disciplines including the marathon, half marathon, and 5000 metres. Farah has received the awards of Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Knight Bachelor. He is also a children's writer with works such as *Twin Ambitions*, *Go Mo Go*, *Higher Expectations*, *Abdi's World*, and *Seaside Sprint!*.
Farah began his work period in 2000 and currently resides in Portland. He speaks English and Somali and practices Islam. His birthplace is listed as both Gobalka Gabiley and Mogadishu, Somalia. He supports Arsenal F.C. and is described as a long-distance runner.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Twin Ambitions
- Go Mo Go
- Higher Expectations
- Abdi's World
- Seaside Sprint!
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Mogadishu, Somalia
Known for
- I'm A Celebrity... Unpacked (South Africa) — Self2026
- I'm a Celebrity... South Africa — Self - Contestant2023
- The Real Mo Farah — Self2022
- Fantasy Football League — Themselves2022
- Taskmaster’s New Year Treat — Self2021
- Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up — Self - Guest2021
- Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas — Self2020
- I'm A Celebrity... The Daily Drop — Self - Guest2020
- The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer — Self - Guest2018
- Mo Farah: No Easy Mile — Self2016
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 17
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mo+Farah">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,660x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,699x
- A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing
· 1999 · cited 5,096x
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,082x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Full name
- Mohamed Muktar Jamah Farah
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- Hussein Abdi Kahin , ( 1983-03-23 ) 23 March 1983 (age 43) , Gabiley , Somali Democratic Republic
- Monuments
- Gold postboxes : Isleworth , London; Teddington , London Madame Tussauds wax sculpture in Marylebone
- Occupation
- Runner
- Years active
- 1996–2023
- Height
- 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
- Weight
- 58 kg (128 lb)
- Spouse
- Tania Nell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
- Website
- 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
- Coached by
- Charles Van Commenee Alan Storey Alan Watkinson Ian Stewart (formerly) Alberto Salazar
- Olympic finals
- 2008 Beijing 5000 m, 17th (h) 2012 London 10,000 m, Gold 5000 m, Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10,000 m, Gold 5000 m, Gold
- World finals
- 2007 Osaka 5000 m, 6th 2009 Berlin 5000 m, 7th 2011 Daegu 10,000 m, Silver 5000 m, Gold 2013 Moscow 10,000 m, Gold 5000 m, Gold 2015 Beijing 10,000 m, Gold 5000 m, Gold 2017 London 10,000 m, Gold 5000 m, Silver
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Team
- _Retired Athletics
- Position
- Long Distance Runner
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
via TheSportsDB
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Men's athletics
Representing Great Britain
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