Mo Farah

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals make him the most successful male track distance runner ever, and he is... Wikipedia

  • Sport:  Athletics/Track, Long-distance running
  • Event(s):  10,000 metres, 5000 metres, 1500 metres, Half marathon, Marathon
  • University team:  St Mary's University College Twickenham London
  • Club:  Newham and Essex Beagles, London
  • Coached by:  Charles Van Commenee, Alan Storey, Alan Watkinson, Ian Stewart, (formerly) Alberto Salazar
  • World finals:  2007 Osaka 5000 m, 6th, 2009 Berlin 5000 m, 7th, 2011 Daegu 10,000 m, 02! Silver, 5000 m, 01! Gold, 2013 Moscow 10,000 m, 01! Gold, 5000 m, 01! Gold, 2015 Beijing 10,000 m, 01! Gold, 5000 m, 01! Gold, 2017 London 10,000 m, 01! Gold, 5000 m, 02! Silver
  • Olympic finals:  2008 Beijing 5000 m, 17th (h), 2012 London 10,000 m, 01! Gold, 5000 m, 01! Gold, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, 10,000 m, 01! Gold, 5000 m, 01! Gold
  • Personal best(s):  Outdoor800 m: 1:48.24 (Lugano 2008), 1500 m: 3:28.81 NR (Monaco 2013), Mile: 3:56.49 (London 2005), 3000 m: 7:32.62 NR (Birmingham 2016), 2-mile: 8:07.85 ER (Birmingham 2014), 5000 m: 12:53.11 NR (Monaco 2011), 10,000 m: 26:46.57 ER (Eugene 2011), 20,000 m: 56:20.30 NR (Brussels 2020), Hour run: 21,330 m WR (Brussels 2020), Indoor Mile: 3:57.92 (Boston 2012), 3000 m: 7:34.47 i NR (Birmingham 2009), 2-mile: 8:03.40 i WR (Birmingham 2015), 5000 m: 13:09.16 i (Birmingham 2017), Road 10 km: 27:44 NR (London 2010), Half marathon: 59:07 a ER (South Shields 2019), Marathon: 2:05:11 NR (Chicago 2018)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo
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