Sir Mohamed (Mo) Farah CBE

Mo Farah is a multiple Olympic, World and European Champion athlete. He has accumulated ten global titles which includes gold medals over 5,000m and 10,000m at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Mo holds numerous European and British Records and has the World Bests for two miles indoors and the One Hour Run.

First recognised as a junior athlete, Mo went on to become the first British man to win the 5,000m at the World T&F Championships, a few days after winning a silver medal in the 10,000m. He smashed the European 10,000m Record and on improved the British 5,000m Record.

However, Mo is best known for his achievements at the 2012 London Olympics. In his first race, Mo capped off “Super Saturday” by winning the 10,000m gold medal. This was Great Britain’s first ever Olympic gold medal in the 10,000m. One-week later Mo completed the long distance double by winning the 5,000m. 

Following 2012, Mo secured his legacy as one of the greatest distance runners of all time at the 2013 World T&F Championships in Moscow, where he became the most successful individual in the history of the European Athletics Championships following a double win (bringing his total to five). He followed this by winning double gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics - becoming just the second athlete to do so. He rounded off 2016 by being knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for services to Athletics.

Mo completed his last track World T&F Championships in front of his home crowd at the London Stadium, where he secured his tenth Gold and second Silver medals at a global championships.

From the track Mo transitioned onto the roads and targeted marathons. He finished third in his first-ever London Marathon before becoming the first British man to win the Chicago Marathon in twenty-two years.