Who is Mo Farah?
Sir Mo Farah is a British long-distance runner who won four Olympic gold medals in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. He is one of Britain's greatest athletes.
Farah was born in Somalia in 1983 and moved to London as a child. He became a talented runner at school and joined Newham and Essex Beagles Athletic Club.
At the London 2012 Olympics, he won the 10,000 metres and 5,000 metres on what became known as Super Saturday and the following week.
Double double
At the Rio 2016 Olympics, he won both events again, becoming only the second man to achieve the double double after Finland's Lasse Viren.
Farah also won several world championship titles. His Mobot celebration, forming an M shape over his head with his arms, became famous.
He was knighted in 2017. In 2022, Farah revealed in a documentary that he had been trafficked to the UK as a child under a different name.
He retired from professional running in 2023, finishing his career at the Great North Run.