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{{short description|Somali-British track and field athlete (born 1983)}}
{{redirect|Mohamed Farah|other people of the same name|Mohamed Farah (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name = Mo Farah
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image = Mo Farah Doha 2015 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Farah at the 2015 [[Diamond League]] in [[Doha]]
| birth_name = Hussein Abdi Kahin
| full_name = Mohamed Muktar Jamah Farah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|3|23}}<ref name=teamgb/>
| birth_place = <!--near -->[[Gabiley]], [[Somali Democratic Republic|Somalia]] {{small|(now [[Somaliland]])}}
| citizenship = United Kingdom
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]/[[track and field|Track]], [[Long-distance running]]
| country = Great Britain
| years_active = 1996–2023
| event = [[10,000 metres]], [[5000 metres]], [[1500 metres]], [[Half marathon]], [[Marathon]]
| club = [[Newham and Essex Beagles]], London
| collegeteam = 
| universityteam = [[St Mary's University, Twickenham|St Mary's University Twickenham, London]]
| monuments = {{ubl|[[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes|Gold postboxes]]: [[Isleworth]], London; [[Teddington]], London|[[Madame Tussauds]] wax sculpture in [[Marylebone]]}}
| occupation = Runner
| spouse = {{marriage|Tania Nell|2010}}
| coach = {{ubl|Charles Van Commenee<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gordonpoole.com/talent/charles-van-commenee/ |title=Charles Van Commenee |website=The Gordon Poole Agency Ltd |access-date=14 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208101153/http://www.gordonpoole.com/talent/charles-van-commenee/ |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>|Alan Storey<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/the-world-is-at-farahs-feet-as-guru-helps-him-go-the-distance-1645294.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/the-world-is-at-farahs-feet-as-guru-helps-him-go-the-distance-1645294.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The world is at Farah's feet as guru helps him go the distance |newspaper=The Independent |date=15 March 2009 |access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref>|Alan Watkinson<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.education-show.com/Content/Alan-Watkinson-at-The-Education-Show-2015 |title=Alan Watkinson at The Education Show 2015 |website=The Education Show |access-date=14 December 2015 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>|[[Ian Stewart (athlete)|Ian Stewart]]| (formerly) Alberto Salazar}}
| website = {{URL|mofarah.com}}
| height = 175 cm
| weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name=teamgb>{{cite web |title=Mo Farah {{!}} Team GB |url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/mo-farah/7hE4S68kcuR2mknd2BQI5m |website=teamgb.com |publisher=[[British Olympic Association]] |access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref>
| worlds = {{ubl
 |'''2007 Osaka''' {{ubl|5000 m, 6th}}
 |'''2009 Berlin''' {{ubl| 5000 m, 7th}}
 |'''2011 Daegu''' {{ubl| 10,000 m, {{silver medal}} | 5000 m, {{gold medal}}}}
 |'''2013 Moscow''' {{ubl| 10,000 m, {{gold medal}} | 5000 m, {{gold medal}}}}
 |'''2015 Beijing''' {{ubl|10,000 m, {{gold medal}} | 5000 m, {{gold medal}}}}
 |'''2017 London''' {{ubl|10,000 m, {{gold medal}} | 5000 m, {{silver medal}}}}
 }}
| olympics = {{ubl
 |'''2008 Beijing''' {{ubl|5000 m, 17th (h)}}
 |'''2012 London''' {{ubl| 10,000 m, {{gold medal}} | 5000 m, {{gold medal}}}}
 |'''2016 Rio de Janeiro''' | {{ubl|10,000 m, {{gold medal}} | 5000 m, {{gold medal}}}}
 }}
| pb = {{ubl
 |'''Outdoor'''<ref name="IAAF-Time">{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/mohamed-farah-179892 |website=International Association of Athletics Federations |title=Profile of Mo Farah}}</ref>{{ubl
 |'''[[800 m]]:''' 1:48.24 ([[Lugano]] 2008)
 |'''[[1500 metres|1500 m]]:''' 3:28.81 ([[Monaco]] 2013)
 |'''[[mile run|Mile]]:''' 3:56.49 (London&nbsp;2005)
 |'''[[3000 m]]:''' 7:32.62 '''[[List of British records in athletics|NR]]''' ([[Birmingham]] 2016)
 |'''[[Two miles|2-mile]]:''' 8:07.85 ([[Birmingham]] 2014)
 |'''[[5000 metres|5000 m]]:''' 12:53.11 '''[[List of British records in athletics|NR]]''' ([[Monaco]] 2011)
 |'''[[10,000 metres|10,000 m]]:''' 26:46.57 '''[[List of European records in athletics|ER]]''' ([[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] 2011)
 |'''[[20,000 metres|20,000 m]]:''' 56:20.30 '''[[List of British records in athletics|NR]]''' ([[Brussels]] 2020)
 |'''[[One hour run|Hour run]]:''' 21,330 m '''[[World records in athletics|WR]]''' ([[Brussels]] 2020)}}
 |'''Indoor'''<ref name="IAAF-Time"/>{{ubl|
 |'''[[Mile run|Mile]]''': 3:57.92 ([[Boston]] 2012)
 |'''[[3000 m]]:''' 7:33.1{{AthAbbr|i|Indoors}}{{AthAbbr|+}} {{AthAbbr|h}} ([[Birmingham]] 2015)
 |'''[[Two miles|2-mile]]:''' 8:03.40{{AthAbbr|i|Indoors}} ([[Birmingham]] 2015)
 |'''[[5000 metres|5000 m]]:''' 13:09.16{{AthAbbr|i|Indoors}} ([[Birmingham]] 2017)}}
 |'''Road'''<ref name="IAAF-Time"/>{{ubl|
 |'''[[10K run|10 km]]:''' 27:44 '''[[List of British records in athletics|NR]]''' (London 2010)
 |'''[[Half marathon]]:''' 59:07{{AthAbbr|a|aided}} '''[[List of European records in athletics|ER]]''' ([[South&nbsp;Shields]]&nbsp;2019)
 |'''[[Marathon]]:''' 2:05:11 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|British}}''' (Chicago 2018)
 }}}}
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCount|total=yes
|[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|4|0|0
|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]|6|2|0
|[[IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]]|0|0|1
|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]|5|1|0
|[[European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]|2|0|0
|[[European Cross Country Championships]]|1|3|1
|[[European Athletics Team Championships|European Team Championships]]|1|0|0
|[[European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]|0|3|0
|
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{{medal|Sport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|2012 London|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016&nbsp;Rio&nbsp;de&nbsp;Janeiro]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 Moscow]]|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|2013 Moscow|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 Beijing]]|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|2015 Beijing|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 London]]|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Silver|2011 Daegu|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Silver|2017 London|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Competition|[[IAAF Diamond League|Diamond League]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2017 IAAF Diamond League|2017]]|[[2017 IAAF Diamond League#Men|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]]}}
{{medal|Bronze|[[2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2016 Cardiff]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{medal|Silver|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|2006 Gothenburg]]|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|2010 Barcelona]]|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|2010 Barcelona|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2012 European Athletics Championships|2012 Helsinki]]|[[2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2014 European Athletics Championships|2014 Zürich]]|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|2014 Zürich|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Competition|[[European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|2009 Torino]]|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|3000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2011 Paris]]|[[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|3000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{medal|Competition|[[European Cross Country Championships]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[2006 European Cross Country Championships|2006 San Giorgio su Legnano]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Silver|[[2008 European Cross Country Championships|2008 Brussels]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Silver|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships|2009 Dublin]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Silver|2009 Dublin|Team}}
{{medal|Bronze|2008 Brussels|Team}}
{{medal|Competition|[[List of half marathon races|Half Marathon]]}}
{{medal|Gold|[[Great North Run|2019 Newcastle]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Gold|[[Great North Run|2018 Newcastle]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Gold|[[Great North Run|2017 Newcastle]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Gold|[[Great North Run|2016 Newcastle]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Gold|[[Great North Run|2015 Newcastle]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Gold|[[Great North Run|2014 Newcastle]]|Individual}}
{{medal|Silver|[[Great North Run|2013 Newcastle]]|Individual}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Marathon Majors]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2018 Chicago Marathon|2018 Chicago]]|[[2018 Chicago Marathon#Men|Marathon]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2018 London Marathon|2018 London]]|[[2018 London Marathon#Men|Marathon]]}}
}}

'''Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mo Farah {{!}} Biography & Facts |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mo-Farah |access-date=11 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref> (born '''Hussein Abdi Kahin''';<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=11 July 2022|title=Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62123886 |first=Ashitha|last=Nagesh|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> 23 March 1983) is a British former [[long-distance runner]]. Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner in the history of the sport, and he is the most successful British track athlete in modern [[Olympic Games]] history.

Farah is the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] and [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympic gold medallist]] in both the 5,000&nbsp;m and 10,000&nbsp;m. He is the second athlete, after [[Lasse Virén]], to win both the 5,000&nbsp;m and 10,000&nbsp;m titles at successive Olympic Games. He also completed the 'distance double' at the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013]] and [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]]. He was the first man to defend both distance titles in both major global competitions; a feat described as the 'quadruple-double'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/836564/Mo-Farah-when-running-London-2017-World-Athletic-Championships-start-time-10000m-5000m|title=When is Mo Farah's final race at London 2017? Start time at World Athletics Championships|last=Foster|first=Alice|date=12 August 2017|website=Express.co.uk|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/figure-skating/summer/2016/athletes/_/athlete/20005 |title=2016 Summer Olympics Bio – Mo Farah |website=ESPN |access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> After finishing second in the 10,000 metres at the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 World Championships]], Farah had an unbroken streak of ten global final wins (the 5,000m in 2011, the double in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016, and the 10,000m in 2017). The streak ended in Farah's final championship track race, when he finished second to Ethiopia's [[Muktar Edris]] in the 2017 5,000 metres final.

On the track, Farah mostly competed over [[5,000 metres]] and [[10,000 metres]], but has run competitively from [[1,500 metres]] to the [[marathon]]. In 2017, he indicated his intention to switch wholly to road racing following victory at his final track race, the [[2017 IAAF Diamond League]] 5,000 metres final. He won the 2018 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:11, a European record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.chicagomarathon.com/2018/?pid=list|title=Bank of America Chicago Marathon|website=results.chicagomarathon.com|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref>  His running style has been described as bouncy and tactical,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10460879/Coup-for-UK-Athletics-as-Mo-Farah-coach-Alberto-Salazar-agrees-to-help-Britains-middle-and-long-distance-runners.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10460879/Coup-for-UK-Athletics-as-Mo-Farah-coach-Alberto-Salazar-agrees-to-help-Britains-middle-and-long-distance-runners.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Coup for UK Athletics as Mo Farah coach Alberto Salazar agrees to help Britain's middle and long-distance runners|last=Hart|first=Simon|date=19 November 2013|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=14 November 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/17/mo-farah-world-championship-wins|title=Mo Farah: 'World championship wins tougher than London 2012'|last=Ingle|first=Sean|date=17 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> which he has attempted to alter for a more efficient and energy-saving stride pattern, especially in the longer distances.<ref name="Mara">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/mo-farah-changing-stride-for-marathon-task-1.1624702|title=Mo Farah changing stride for marathon task|last=Ingle|first=Sean|date=12 December 2013|newspaper=The Irish Times|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Farah runs distance races tactically, a style which is aided by his especially quick [[sprint (running)|sprint finish]]. His tactics were described in [[Athletics Weekly]]: "(Farah) could run 24 strong laps<ref>"25 laps of the track" is a common description of the 10,000 metres.</ref> of the track, which most of his East African rivals could match, before a blistering 400 metre sprint to the line, which none of them could."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2013/08/with-best-tactics-and-speed-britains-mo-farah-captures-world-10000m-title/|title=With Best Tactics and Speed, Britain's Mo Farah Captures World 10,000m Title|last=Monti|first=Dave|date=10 August 2013|website=Let's Run|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>

Born in present-day [[Somaliland]], the then Hussein Abdi Kahin was [[human trafficking|trafficked]] from [[Djibouti]] to London under the name of another child, Mohamed Farah, at the age of nine where he was forced into child labour. He adopted the name as his own thereafter, becoming a British citizen.<ref name=":1" /> He ran for [[Newham and Essex Beagles]] athletics club, training at [[St. Mary's University College (Twickenham)|St Mary's University College, Twickenham]] from 2001 to 2011. He did not reveal that he was a victim of trafficking until 2022.

Farah is the current [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] holder for the one hour run (21,330 m) and the current [[European records in athletics|European record]] holder for the outdoor 10,000 m (26:46.57). He is also the  current [[British records in athletics|British record]] holder for the 3,000 m (7:32.62) and 5,000 m (12:53.11). He formerly held the world best for the short track two miles at 8:03.40 (broken by Josh Kerr in 2024 with an 8:00.67 clocking), and also formerly held the European best in the outdoor two mile (8:07.85) and 3000m (7:32.62), until Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke the 2 mile in 2023 with a new world best of 7:54.10 and the 3,000m in 2024 with a world record time of 7:17.55. Farah was also the former British short track record holder for the 3,000 m, at 7:33.1+ (broken by Sam Atkin in 2023 with 7:31.97). Farah also held the 1500m British Record (3:28.81) which was broken by Josh Kerr in 2024 with a time of 3:27.79.

Farah was the first British athlete to win two gold medals at the same world championships. His five gold medals at the European Athletics Championships made him the most successful male athlete in individual events in the championships' history. He has won the [[European Athlete of the Year]] award and the [[BAWA Athlete of the Year|British Athletics Writers Association British Athlete of the Year]] award more than any other athlete, three times and six times respectively. In 2017, Farah won the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42388258|title= Mo Farah 'shocked' to win BBC Sports Personality|work= BBC Sport|date=18 December 2017}}</ref> Farah was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in [[2013 New Year Honours|2013]] and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in the [[2017 New Year Honours]] for services to athletics.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61803 |supp=y|page=N2 |date=31 December 2016}}
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==Early life and education==
Hussein Abdi Kahin ({{Langx|so|Xuseen Cabdi Kaahin}}) was born on 23 March 1983<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Lizzy |date=12 August 2012 |title=Want to be a future Olympian? Be born on 23 March |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/12/future-olympian-born-23-march |access-date=20 March 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> in the [[Somali Democratic Republic]]. He belongs to the Jibril Abokor sub-division of the [[Habr Awal]] clan, itself part of the [[Isaaq]] clan-family.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=David |date=10 August 2012 |title=Mo Farah's family cheers him on from Somaliland village |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/10/mo-farah-mother-somaliland |access-date=7 March 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> His father died in the [[Somaliland War of Independence]] when Kahin was aged four, and he then became separated from his mother.<ref name="RTE2022-07-11a">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date=11 July 2022 |title=Mo Farah: I was trafficked into UK with someone else's name |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2022/0711/1309645-farah-was-trafficked-into-uk-with-someone-elses-name/ |access-date=12 July 2022 |publisher=[[RTE News]] |quote=}}</ref> He subsequently spent a few years in [[Mogadishu]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Jason |date=12 July 2022 |title=A moment of mounting chaos: the Somalia of Mo Farah's childhood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/12/a-moment-of-mounting-chaos-the-somalia-of-mo-farahs-childhood |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> before, at the age of nine, he was illegally [[Human trafficking in the United Kingdom|trafficked to the United Kingdom]] via [[Djibouti]], where he was given the name Mohammed Farah and was [[Child slavery|forced to work]] as a [[domestic servant]]. Farah was flown from Somalia by a woman he had never met, and made to look after another family's children. He obtained British citizenship in July 2000 under the name Mohamed Farah. These aspects of his background were not made public until July 2022,<ref name=":1" /> and a [[barrister]] told him that there was a risk that he might lose his British nationality as it was obtained by misrepresentations; the [[Home Office]], however, assured him that he would not face any repercussions.<ref name=RTE2022-07-11a/><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=11 July 2022 |title=Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using another child's name |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/11/sir-mo-farah-i-was-brought-into-the-uk-illegally-using-another-childs-name |access-date=12 July 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref>

For the first years he was in Britain, he was not allowed to go to school, but when he was 11 or 12 he began to attend Year 7 at [[Feltham Community College]], where staff were told he was a [[refugee]] from Somalia.<ref name=":1" /> His athletic talent was first identified by [[physical education]] teacher Alan Watkinson.<ref name=FarahStars>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/get_involved/6908213.stm |title=Farah stars, with support |website=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=23 June 2008 |date=26 July 2007 |first=Isaac |last=Fanin}}</ref> Farah's ambition at the time was to play as a [[Winger (soccer)|right winger]] for [[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]] football club, or become a car mechanic.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Greenstreet |first=Rosanna |date=27 April 2019 |title=Mo Farah: 'My worst trait? Being ruthless' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/27/mo-farah-my-worst-trait-being-ruthless-q-and-a |access-date=27 April 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Bailey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/21/mo-farah-this-much-i-know |title=Mo Farah: 'My secret skill is making animal noises' |newspaper=The Observer |date=21 December 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>

==Sporting career==
===Early years===
Farah joined the Borough of Hounslow Athletics Club in west London.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/mo-farah-how-britains-athletics-hero-escaped-the-chaos-of-somalia-2037996.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/mo-farah-how-britains-athletics-hero-escaped-the-chaos-of-somalia-2037996.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |newspaper=The Independent |first=Cahal |last=Milmo |title=How Britain's athletics hero escaped the chaos of Somalia |date=29 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.omriyadat.com/european-athletics/mo-farah-gold-medal-olympics |title=Farah's golds should not be devalued by Salazar accusations, says Coe |website=Om Riyadat |date=13 September 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919010306/http://en.omriyadat.com/european-athletics/mo-farah-gold-medal-olympics |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> He represented [[London Borough of Hounslow|Hounslow]] at [[Cross country running|cross-country]] in the 1994 [[London Youth Games]] as an under-13.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.londonyouthgames.org/about-the-london-youth-games/hall-of-fame/ |title=Hall of Fame |website=London Youth Games|access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307230906/http://www.londonyouthgames.org/page.asp?section=23&sectionTitle=Hall+of+Fame |archive-date=7 March 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In 1996, at the age of 13, he entered the [[English Schools' Athletics Championships#Cross country championships|English schools cross-country championships]] and finished ninth. The following year he won the first of five English school titles.<ref name=FarahStars/> Recognising his talent, athletics philanthropist [[Eddie Kulukundis]] paid the legal fees to complete Farah's [[Naturalization#United Kingdom|naturalisation as a British citizen]], allowing him to travel to competitions without visa issues.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Simon |date=11 September 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/8767684/London-2012-Olympics-Mo-Farahs-rise-to-the-pinnacle-of-his-sport-is-a-quintessential-British-success-story.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/8767684/London-2012-Olympics-Mo-Farahs-rise-to-the-pinnacle-of-his-sport-is-a-quintessential-British-success-story.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=London 2012 Olympics: Mo Farah's rise to the pinnacle of his sport is a quintessential British success story |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=19 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Farah |first=Mo |title=Twin Ambitions – My Autobiography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W9NgPRdHAjUC&q=mo+farah+kulukundis&pg=PT81 |date=10 October 2013 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-1-4447-7959-2 |page=81 |access-date=19 July 2015}}</ref>

Farah's first major title was in the [[5000 metres]] at the [[2001 European Athletics Junior Championships]],<ref name="pace">{{cite web |url=http://www.pacesportsmanagement.com/athlete_profile.asp?id=42 |website=PACE Sports Management |title=FARAH, Mo: Profile |access-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723104705/http://www.pacesportsmanagement.com/athlete_profile.asp?id=42 |archive-date=23 July 2011 }}</ref> the same year that he began training at [[St Mary's University, Twickenham]]. That year, Farah became one of the first two athletes in the newly formed Endurance Performance Centre at St Mary's. He lived and trained at the college, and took some modules in an access course before becoming a full-time athlete as his career progressed.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

===2005–2008: First titles and personal bests===
In 2005, Farah moved in with Australian [[Craig Mottram]] and a group of Kenyan runners that included 10,000 m world number one [[Micah Kogo]]. "They sleep, eat, train and rest, that's all they do but as an athlete you have to do all those things. Running with Craig made me feel more positive," Farah said. "If I ever want to be as good as these athletes I've got to work harder. I don't just want to be British number one, I want to be up there with the best."<ref name=FarahStars/>

In July 2006, Farah recorded a time of 13 minutes 9.40 seconds for 5000 m to become Britain's second-fastest runner after [[Dave Moorcroft]]. A month later, Farah won the silver medal in the European Championship 5000m in [[Gothenburg]]. Coaches Alan Storey and [[Mark Rowland]] made sure that Farah remained competitive and a few words from [[Paula Radcliffe]] before the 5000&nbsp;m final inspired Farah. He has stated that: "She said to me, 'Go out and be brave. Just believe in yourself'."<ref name=FarahStars/> In December 2006, Farah won the [[2006 European Cross Country Championships]] in [[San Giorgio su Legnano]], Italy.<ref name="BBC-Cross-Country">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/6166845.stm |work=BBC Sport |title=Farah storms to European success |date=10 December 2006}}</ref>

During the [[2007 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|2007 European Indoor Championship]] Farah fell and amid confusion started running in the wrong direction.<ref name=":0" /> Farah represented the UK at 5000 m in the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships]] in [[Osaka]], Japan. Farah finished sixth in a time of 13:47.54.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=5000/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026134911/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender%3DM/discipline%3D5000/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/result.html |archive-date=26 October 2007 |website=[[IAAF]] |title=5000m Results, Osaka 2007 |access-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/6974721.stm |work=BBC News |title=World Championships 2007 Day Nine: As It Happened |date=2 September 2007 |access-date=21 August 2016 |first=Sarah |last=Holt}}</ref>

[[File:20081214 mo farah.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Farah at the [[2008 European Cross Country Championships]].]]
In May 2008, Farah ran 10,000 m events, which was the fastest UK men's time for almost eight years. However, he was [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres#Heat 2|knocked out]] before the 5000 m final at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympics]] in Beijing.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

===2009–2010: British records and European champion===
In January 2009, Farah set a new British indoor record in the 3000&nbsp;metres, breaking [[John Mayock]]'s record with a time of 7 minutes 40.99 seconds in [[Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7862762.stm |title=Farah breaks 3000m indoor record |website=BBC Sport |date=31 January 2009 |access-date=3 February 2009}}</ref> A few weeks later, he broke his own record by more than six seconds with a time of 7 minutes 34.47 at the UK Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7881862.stm |title=Farah breaks record in Birmingham |website=[[BBC Sport]] |date=21 February 2009 |access-date=22 February 2009}}</ref> a performance which commentator [[Steve Cram]] called "the best performance by a male British distance runner for a generation".<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Cram |date=24 February 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/feb/24/athletics-mo-farah-steve-cram |title=Funny guy Farah is now seriously fast |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Farah attributed his good form to a spell of winter training at altitude in Ethiopia and Kenya.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/4743383/Mo-Farah-sets-new-3000m-record-on-good-day-for-British-athletes.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/4743383/Mo-Farah-sets-new-3000m-record-on-good-day-for-British-athletes.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Mo Farah beats own record on good day for British athletes |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 February 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In March 2009 he took gold in the 3000&nbsp;m at the [[European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]] in Turin, recording a time of 7 minutes 40.17.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7930271.stm |title=Farah cruises home to 3,000m gold |website=BBC Sport |date=7 March 2009}}</ref>

Farah competed at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]]: he was in the leading pack early on in the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 metres race]] and eventually finished seventh – the best by a European runner. After the championships, he scored a victory in his first road competition over 10&nbsp;miles, winning the [[Great South Run]] in 46:25 to become the third fastest Briton in spite of strong winds.<ref>{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Dave |date=25 October 2009 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=54762.html |title=Farah scores tremendous victory while Monteiro destroys opposition in Portsmouth |website=[[IAAF]] |access-date=25 October 2009}}</ref>

Farah was one of the favourites to upset [[Serhiy Lebid]]'s dominance at the [[2009 European Cross Country Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wenig |first=Jorg |date=12 December 2009 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/WXC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55107.html |title=Farah: "I am in better shape than a year ago" – Euro Cross Country Championships press conference |website=[[IAAF]] |access-date=13 December 2009}}</ref> However, Lebid was never in contention as Farah and [[Alemayehu Bezabeh]] were some distance ahead throughout the run. Farah was overtaken by Bezabeh in the latter stages of the race, leaving the Briton with a second consecutive silver medal at the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8038&Itemid=2 |title=Bezabeh becomes Spain's first champion, Lebid third |website=[[European Athletics]] |date=13 December 2009 |access-date=13 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=November 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He did not manage to attend the medal ceremony, however, as he collapsed immediately after the race and needed medical attention.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8410713.stm |title=Hayley Yelling clinches shock win as Mo Farah collapses |website=[[BBC Sport]] |date=13 December 2009 |access-date=12 January 2010}}</ref> After a close third place behind [[Edwin Soi]] at the [[BOclassic]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Diego |last=Sampaolo |date=1 January 2010 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=55200.html |title=Three-peat for Soi in Bolzano |website=IAAF |access-date=12 January 2010}}</ref> Farah competed in the short course race at the [[Great Edinburgh Cross Country]]. He was the favourite to win and surged ahead to build a comfortable lead. However, he appeared tired in the latter stages and finished third behind British runners Ricky Stevenson and Steve Vernon. Farah again required post-race medical attention and subsequent tests revealed he had low levels of iron and magnesium. He was prescribed supplements for the condition and his high altitude training plans in Kenya were unaffected.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8450770.stm |title=Mo Farah returns to training after medical tests |website=BBC Sport |date=12 January 2010 |access-date=12 January 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Mo Farah Barcelona 2010.jpg|thumb|left|Farah celebrates winning the [[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]] at the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]].]]
Farah won the 2010 [[London 10,000]] in late May in a time of 27:44, in the process beating 10K world record holder [[Micah Kogo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8714577.stm |title=Mo Farah sets new British 10,000m road record |website=[[BBC Sport]] |date=31 May 2010 |access-date=6 June 2010}}</ref> His success continued the following week at the [[European Cup 10000m|European Cup 10,000&nbsp;m]]. There, he improved his track best by nearly 16 seconds, finishing in a time of 27:28.86. Farah won by a margin of over forty seconds ahead of second placed [[Abdellatif Meftah]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ramsak |first=Bob |date=6 June 2010 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=56952.html |title=Farah and Monteiro take European Cup 10,000m victories |website=[[IAAF]] |access-date=6 June 2010}}</ref> After training in Africa, he returned to Europe for the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]]. He took the 10,000&nbsp;metres gold medal, overtaking [[Ayad Lamdassem]] with two laps to go and finishing the race unpressured in a time of 28:24.99. This was Farah's first major title and also the first European gold medal in the event for Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8859274.stm |title=European Athletics 2010: Brit Farah wins 10,000 m gold |website=BBC Sport |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=31 July 2010}}</ref> He then went on to win the 5000&nbsp;m, beating [[Jesús España]] and becoming only the fifth man in the 66-year history of the European Championships to achieve the 5000&nbsp;m/10,000&nbsp;m double, and the first for 20 years, following in the footsteps of the Czech [[Emil Zátopek]] in 1950, [[Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak]] of Poland in 1958, Finland's [[Juha Vaatainen]] in 1971 and [[Salvatore Antibo]], of Italy, in 1990.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/7920602/European-Athletics-Championships-2010-Mo-Farah-wins-5000m-gold-for-Britain.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/7920602/European-Athletics-Championships-2010-Mo-Farah-wins-5000m-gold-for-Britain.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=European Athletics Championships 2010: Mo Farah wins 5,000 m gold for Britain |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=31 July 2010 |access-date=31 July 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8874520.stm |title=European Athletics 2010: Farah seals distance double |website=BBC Sport |date=31 July 2010 |access-date=31 July 2010}}</ref>

On 19 August 2010, at a [[IAAF Diamond League|Diamond League]] meeting in [[Zürich]], Farah ran 5000&nbsp;m in 12:57.94, breaking [[David Moorcroft]]'s long-standing British record and becoming the first ever British athlete to run under 13 minutes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/7955166/Diamond-League-Mo-Farah-the-first-Briton-to-run-sub-13-seconds.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/7955166/Diamond-League-Mo-Farah-the-first-Briton-to-run-sub-13-seconds.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Diamond League: Mo Farah the first Briton to run sub-13 minutes |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=19 August 2010 |access-date=16 August 2013 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In December 2010, Farah was named track-and-field athlete of the year by the British Olympic Association.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/9309720.stm |title=Farah, Adlington and Williams among Olympic awards |date=21 December 2010 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=21 December 2010}}</ref> He closed the year at the [[BOclassic|BO classic]] and just missed out on the 10,000 m title, losing to [[Imane Merga]] in a sprint finish by 0.2&nbsp;seconds.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sampaolo |first=Diego |date=1 January 2011 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58988.html |title=Merga and Cheruiyot take dramatic victories in Bolzano |website=IAAF |access-date=1 January 2011}}</ref>

===2011–12: European and British records, and world medals===
2011 was a successful year for Farah, beginning on 8 January at the [[Great Edinburgh International Cross Country|Edinburgh Cross Country]], where he defeated the top four finishers of that year's [[2010 European Cross Country Championships|European Championships]] to take victory in the long race.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wenig |first=Jorg |date=8 January 2011 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/CROS11/news/newsid=59023.html |title=Kipchoge and Masai prevail in snowy Edinburgh |website=IAAF |access-date=9 January 2011}}</ref>

In February 2011, Farah announced that he would be relocating to [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], Oregon to work with new couch [[Alberto Salazar]], train alongside [[Galen Rupp]], and avoid the attention of the British tabloids.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk2">{{cite news |date=18 February 2011 |title=BBC Sport – Athletics – Mo Farah changes coach to assist Olympic preparation |website=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/9402196.stm |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1293948-british-olympic-hero-mo-farah-epitome-of-clutch-in-winning-5000-and-10000 |title=Mo Farah Becomes British Olympic Hero, Wins 5,000 and 10,000-Meter Double |date=12 August 2012 |website=Bleacher Report Sport |access-date=21 June 2014}}</ref> On 19 February 2011 in Birmingham, England, Farah broke the European 5000&nbsp;m indoor record with a time of 13:10.60, at the same time taking ten seconds off the 29-year-old British indoor record of [[Nick Rose (runner)|Nick Rose]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/feb/20/mo-farah-athletic-grand-prix |location=London |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Anna |last=Kessel |title=Mo Farah hits the heights as new methods pay off in Birmingham |date=20 February 2011}}</ref> On 5 March 2011, he won gold in the 3000 metres at the [[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]. On 20 March, Farah also won the [[NYC Half Marathon]] in a time of 1:00:23, a new British record.<ref name=2011_results>{{cite web |title=Farah wins New York half-marathon |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/athletics/sport/story/80657.html |website=ESPN.co.uk |access-date=20 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/farah-smashes-uk-record-to-win-new-york-half/ |title=Farah smashes UK record to win New York Half |website=Athletics Weekly |date=20 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828065815/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/farah-smashes-uk-record-to-win-new-york-half/ |archive-date=28 August 2011 }}</ref> He and training partner Galen Rupp had originally planned on running a 10,000&nbsp;m race in New Zealand. However, after the race was cancelled due to the [[2011 Christchurch earthquake|Christchurch earthquake]] and damage done to the track, they entered the half-marathon in New York.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

On 3 June 2011, at a Diamond League meeting in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], Oregon, Farah won the [[Prefontaine Classic]]'s 10,000&nbsp;m event in 26:46.57, setting a new British and European record.<ref name=pre10k>{{cite web |first=Jon |last=Mulkeen |date=4 June 2011 |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/farah-smashes-european-10000m-record-mosop-breaks-distance-world-records/ |title=Farah smashes European 10,000 m record, Mosop breaks distance world records |website=Athletics Weekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607035725/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/farah-smashes-european-10000m-record-mosop-breaks-distance-world-records |archive-date=7 June 2011 }}</ref> On 22 July 2011, at a Diamond League meeting in [[Monaco]], he set a new British national record in the 5000&nbsp;m with a time of 12:53.11.<ref name=flotrack.org>{{cite web |url=http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238944-Monaco-Diamond-League-Herculis-Meeting-International-dAthletisme-2011/video/501535-Mo-Farah-1st-in-5k-and-new-British-Record-125311-Monaco-Diamond-League-2011 |title=Mo Farah 1st in 5k and new British Record 12:53.11 Monaco Diamond League 2011 |website=Flotrack |date=22 July 2011 |access-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327061148/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238944-Monaco-Diamond-League-Herculis-Meeting-International-dAthletisme-2011/video/501535-Mo-Farah-1st-in-5k-and-new-British-Record-125311-Monaco-Diamond-League-2011 |archive-date=27 March 2012 }}</ref> Farah edged out American [[Bernard Lagat]] to win the race.<ref name=flotrack.org/>

In the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Daegu]], South Korea, Farah made a major breakthrough on the world stage by taking the silver medal in the 10,000 m and then the gold in the 5000 m.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/athletics/0415407-daegu-2011-farah-storms-famous-5000m-gold-world-championships |title=Daegu 2011: Farah storms to famous 5,000m gold at World Championships |website=More than the Games |date=4 September 2011 |access-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608055608/http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/athletics/0415407-daegu-2011-farah-storms-famous-5000m-gold-world-championships |archive-date=8 June 2012 }}</ref> He became the first British man to win a World Championships medal over either distance.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} Farah had in fact been more strongly favoured to take the 10,000&nbsp;m title, but was narrowly beaten in a last lap sprint by Ethiopian [[Ibrahim Jeilan]]. In the 5000&nbsp;m, he overcame Lagat, beating him into second place. Following the race, [[Dave Moorcroft]], former 5000 metres world record holder, hailed Farah as "the greatest male distance runner that Britain has ever seen".<ref>[[Channel 4]] Athletics commentary, Daegu Championships</ref>

At the European Championships in June 2012, he won the [[2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000m]]. This then made Farah the first athlete to win this European title more than once.<ref>{{cite book |title=Guinness World Records 2014 |last=Glenday |first=Craig |publisher=2013 Guinness World Records Limited |year= 2013|isbn=978-1908843-15-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse_r3e7 }}</ref>

===2012: Double Olympic champion===
[[File:Mofarlonol10m-a.jpg|thumb|left|Farah on the way to his first Olympic gold medal during the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]] event at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].]]
[[File:Mofarahpost.jpg|thumb|upright|The post box on London Road, [[Isleworth]], painted in honour of Farah as part of a [[2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom|scheme to celebrate Britain's 2012 Olympic gold medal winners]].]]
At the [[London 2012 Olympics]], on 4 August, Farah won the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]] gold in a time of 27:30.42. This was Great Britain's first Olympic gold medal in the 10,000&nbsp;m, and came after two other gold medals for the country in the same athletics session.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fordyce |first=Tom |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18912148 |title=Mo Farah wins Olympic 10,000m gold for Great Britain |website=BBC Sport |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812160109/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18912148 |archive-date=12 August 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref name="cnn_farah">{{cite magazine |last=Layden |first=Tim |title=In a Games filled with memorable moments, few resonate like Bolt |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/tim_layden/08/11/usain-bolt-mo-farah-2012-olympics-track-and-field/index.html |access-date=13 August 2012 |date=11 August 2012 |archive-date=14 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814031407/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/tim_layden/08/11/usain-bolt-mo-farah-2012-olympics-track-and-field/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> His training partner, [[Galen Rupp]] of the United States, took second place. At the time both runners were a part of the Nike Oregon Project coached by [[Alberto Salazar]]. Farah stated that he would observe his [[Ramadan]] fast later in the year.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Borden |date=1 August 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/sports/olympics/ramadan-poses-challenges-for-muslims-at-the-olympics.html |title=Observance of Ramadan Poses Challenges to Muslim Athletes |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> On 11 August 2012, Farah made it a long-distance double, winning the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 metres]] in a time of 13:41.66.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fordyce |first=Tom |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18912882 |title=Mo Farah wins men's 5,000m to claim second Olympic gold |website=BBC Sport |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812052224/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18912882 |archive-date=12 August 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The noise from the crowd in the 5,000 m race was so loud it made the camera shake and distorted the photo-finish image.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/9499185/Olympics-hero-Mo-Farah-aiming-to-break-Steve-Ovetts-34-year-old-British-record-at-Aviva-Birmingham-Grand-Prix.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/9499185/Olympics-hero-Mo-Farah-aiming-to-break-Steve-Ovetts-34-year-old-British-record-at-Aviva-Birmingham-Grand-Prix.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |first=Simon |last=Hart |title=Olympics hero Mo Farah aiming to break Steve Ovett's 34-year-old British record at Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix |date=25 August 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He dedicated the two golds to his twin daughters.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

On 23 August 2012, Farah returned to the track at a Diamond League meet in [[Birmingham]], where he capped off a winning season with another victory over a distance of two miles ({{convert|2|mi|1|abbr=out|disp=output only}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/19368887 |title=Mo Farah celebrates two-mile Diamond League victory |website=BBC Sport |date=26 August 2012 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref>

====CBE====
Following his 2012 successes, Farah was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics.<ref name="Lgsztss">{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=24 |supp=y}}</ref><ref name=Tnyh>{{cite news |url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/NY2013-honours-London-2012.pdf |title=2013 New Year's Honours |access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref> The move was met with anger by many in the general public, including erstwhile Minister of Sports [[Gerry Sutcliffe]], who felt that Farah instead deserved a higher accolade.<ref name="Mntamfak">{{cite news |title='Mistake' not to award Mo Farah a knighthood |url=http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-12-29/mistake-to-not-award-mo-farah-a-knighthood/ |access-date=2 January 2013 |newspaper=ITV |date=29 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="Momfofnyhswbwik">{{cite news |last=Moss |first=Vincent |title=Mo-ment of madness: Fury over Farah's New Year Honours snub while bank watchdog is knighted |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-over-mo-farahs-new-1510704 |access-date=2 January 2013 |newspaper=The Mirror |date=10 August 2013}}</ref> Farah's former physical education teacher Alan Watkinson similarly indicated that he was disappointed that Farah was not knighted and that the decision "discredits the system although it's still a fantastic achievement for Mo and well deserved."<ref name="Momfofnyhswbwik"/> However, deputy Prime Minister [[Nick Clegg]] cited Farah's Olympic double gold win in his 2013 New Year's message and 2012 Autumn conference,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nickclegg.com/nccom_news_details.aspx?title=Nick_Clegg%E2%80%99s_rally_speech_at_Liberal_Democrat_Autumn_Conference&pPK=ccad70de-e202-43a8-8778-27555c5e6503 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130103045328/http://www.nickclegg.com/nccom_news_details.aspx?title=Nick_Clegg’s_rally_speech_at_Liberal_Democrat_Autumn_Conference&pPK=ccad70de-e202-43a8-8778-27555c5e6503 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Nick Clegg's rally speech at Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference |website=Nickclegg.com |date=22 September 2012 |access-date=16 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/latest_news_detail.aspx?title=Nick_Clegg%27s_New_Year_Message_2013&pPK=ca90b839-93d0-4468-a0e9-b0024b784efd |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423205535/http://www.libdems.org.uk/latest_news_detail.aspx?title=Nick_Clegg's_New_Year_Message_2013&pPK=ca90b839-93d0-4468-a0e9-b0024b784efd |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2013 |title=Nick Clegg's New Year Message 2013 |website=Libdems.org.uk |date=28 December 2012 |access-date=16 August 2013 }}</ref> and [[David Cameron]] in August 2013 expressed support for a knighthood for Mo Farah.<ref>{{cite news |first=Natasha |last=Culzac |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/18/david-cameron-warmly-welcomes-knighthood-for-olympic-great-mo-farah-3928328/ |title=Mo Farah: David Cameron backs calls to give Olympic gold medallist a knighthood |newspaper=Metro News |date=18 August 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>

===2013: 1500 m record and world medals===
[[File:Mofarahannivgames4.jpg|thumb|left|Farah during his gold medal victory in the men's 3,000 metres event at the 2013 [[London Grand Prix]].]]
On 19 July 2013, at the [[Herculis]] meeting in Monaco, Farah broke the [[List of European records in athletics|European 1500 m record]] with a time of 3:28.81. The feat meant that he was the [[1500 metres#Men|sixth fastest man ever]] over the distance, overtaking [[Steve Cram]]'s 28-year-old [[British records in athletics|British record]] and Fermín Cacho's 16-year-old European record.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Aimee |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/23385989 |title=Mo Farah breaks Steve Cram's 28-year British 1500m record |website=BBC Sport |date=19 July 2013 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> It also made Farah the seventh man, behind [[Saïd Aouita]], [[Daniel Komen]], [[Ali Saïdi-Sief]], [[Hicham El Guerrouj]], [[Augustine Kiprono Choge]] and [[Bernard Lagat]] to break both the 3:30 barrier in the 1500 metres and the 13-minute barrier in the 5000 metres, as well as the only athlete in history to run sub 3:30, sub 13-minute and sub 27-minute for 1500 metres, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres respectively. Additionally, he has a sub 1 hour run in the half-marathon. The following month, Farah won the London Diamond League Anniversary Games' 3000 metres event in a time of seven minutes and 36.85 seconds.<ref name=Dlspwilamfwtaag>{{cite news |title=Diamond League: Sally Pearson wins in London as Mo Farah wins 3000m at Anniversary Games |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-28/pearson-wins-as-farah-delights-london-again/4848268 |access-date=29 July 2013 |newspaper=ABC News |date=28 July 2013}}</ref> He twice broke the national record in the half-marathon, first on 24 February in New Orleans, then broke his own record on 15 September in the [[Great North Run]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}}

On 10 August 2013, Farah stayed in front of [[Ibrahim Jeilan]] to win the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]] event at the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in Moscow. The victory was his fourth global title.<ref name=fourth/> On 16 August 2013, Farah won the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5,000 m]] event, in the process becoming double world and Olympic champion.<ref name="Jsmfwfgtbdwaoc">{{cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Jacob |title=Mo Farah wins 5,000m gold to become double World and double Olympic champion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/16/mo-farah-world-athletics-championships-5000m-live |access-date=16 August 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=16 August 2013}}</ref> After this victory, BBC commentator [[Brendan Foster]] and [[Sebastian Coe]] called Farah 'Britain's greatest ever athlete'.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/54 |title=Farah takes the distance double to rise amongst the greats |website=IAAF.org |date=17 August 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> Farah became only the second man in history to win long-distance titles at successive editions of the Olympics and World Championships, after [[Kenenisa Bekele]]'s 2008–09 feat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/23722814 |title=Mo Farah wins 5,000m gold at World Athletics 2013 |last=Lewis |first=Aimee |website=BBC Sport |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref> He was the first British athlete to win two individual gold medals at a World Championships.<ref name=fourth>{{cite news |last=Morrison |first=Jonathan |title=Mo Farah wins 10,000 metres and fourth world title |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/olympics/article/christine-ohuruogu-lays-marker-for-400m-finals-0g02czmwvd7 |access-date=10 August 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=10 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Black |first=Dan |url=http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/columnists/there-s-a-catalogue-of-sport-to-look-forward-to-in-2014-1-6354371 |title=There's a catalogue of sport to look forward to in 2014! |newspaper=Pendle Today |date=8 January 2014 |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309140159/http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/columnists/there-s-a-catalogue-of-sport-to-look-forward-to-in-2014-1-6354371 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28072010/58/farah-seals-historic-gold-britain.html |title=Farah seals historic gold for Britain |website=Yahoo! Eurosport |access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref>

In December 2013, Farah was the second favourite, behind Wimbledon tennis champion [[Andy Murray]], to become the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. When he was asked what drove him to keep pushing back the boundaries of athletic accomplishment, he noted sprinter [[Usain Bolt]]'s record breaking streak as a motivating example of what is possible for all dedicated athletes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spink |first=Alex |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/bbc-sports-personality-year-mo-2915905#.UtpWuDDFKIU |title=BBC Sports Personality of the Year: Mo Farah not expecting to win despite historic 2013 |newspaper=The Mirror |date=11 December 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>

Farah was a finalist for the 2013 IAAF World Athlete of the year award. In preparation for his marathon debut, he also extended his training schedule to 120 miles a week.<ref name="Mara"/>

===2014: Double European gold in Zürich===
Farah began 2014 preparing for the year's [[2014 London Marathon|London Marathon]], his first such run. He described running the event as a longstanding ambition of his, particularly to do so in London.<ref>{{cite news |first=Guy |last=Aspin |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/more-sport/athletics/mo-farah-london-marathon-a-huge-test-1-3268663 |title=Mo Farah: London Marathon a huge test |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=15 January 2014 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> Farah finished in eighth place in a time of 2:08.21. This was outside [[Steve Jones (athlete)|Steve Jones]]' GB record, but set a new English national record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/27009201 |title=Mo Farah finishes eighth on full London Marathon debut |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=13 April 2014 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 April 2014}}</ref>

[[File:5000m men final European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014.JPG|thumb|right|Farah on the way to victory in the 5000m men final of the [[2014 European Athletics Championships]] in Zürich.]]
Farah was due to compete at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in Glasgow. However, he withdrew due to illness from a stomach ailment and an infection caused from having a tooth removed.<ref name="Mfwathabc">{{cite web |title=Mo Farah was airlifted to hospital after bathroom collapse |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/28748841 |access-date=19 August 2014 |website=BBC Sport |date=12 August 2014}}</ref> Farah later appeared in Zürich at the [[2014 European Athletics Championships]]. He successfully defended his 5000 m title and won a gold in the 10,000 m, thus completing another major championship double.<ref name="Mfwftclddaec">{{cite news|last1=Casert|first1=Raf |title=Mo Farah wins 5k to clinch long distance double at European Championships |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/mo-farah-wins-5k-to-clinch-long-distance-double-at-european-championships-1.1963393 |access-date=19 August 2014 |agency=Associated Press |website=CTV News |date=17 August 2014}}</ref> This made him the most successful individual in the history of the European Athletics Championships, with five titles to his name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/28828217 |title=European championships: Mo Farah wins 5000m and record fifth gold |date=17 August 2014 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=17 August 2014}}</ref>

On 7 September 2014, Farah competed in the [[Great North Run]], a British half marathon. He won the race with a personal best time of 1:00:00, exactly 1&nbsp;hour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Great North Run 2014: Mo Farah claims first victory |website=BBC Sport |date=7 September 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/29074934 |access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>

===2015: World and European records===
On 21 February 2015, Farah broke the indoor [[Two miles|two-mile]] world record at the [[Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix]]. He ran an 8:03.4 to break [[Kenenisa Bekele]]'s record.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mo Farah breaks indoor two-mile world record in Birmingham |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/athletics/31569286 |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> On 22 March, Farah broke the European record for half marathon in [[Lisbon]]. He ran a time of 59 minutes, 32 seconds, surpassing the record set 14 years previously by Spain's [[Fabián Roncero]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/32008651 |title=Mo Farah breaks European half marathon record in Lisbon win |website=BBC Sport |date=22 March 2015 |access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> He repeated his long-distance gold medal double at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Sean |last=Ingle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec/27/memorable-moments-2013-mo-farah-double-worlds |title=Memorable moments 2013: Mo Farah seals double-double at Moscow worlds |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 December 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> His win in the 10,000m made him the oldest World Championship winner in that event, at age 32.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/08/six-in-a-row-for-mo-kenyan-team-tactics-not-enough-to-stop-the-invincible-mo-farah-in-mens-10000/ |title=American Galen Rupp Finishes 5th in 27:08.91 – 4th fastest American 10,000 in History |website=LetsRun.com |date=22 August 2015}}</ref>

===2016: Double-Double Olympic Golds at Rio===
On 26 March, Farah received a bronze medal in the [[2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships]] in [[Cardiff]], finishing in 59:59, less than one second ahead of [[Abayneh Ayele]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/iaafcardiff-university-world-half-marathon-ch-5614/news/feature/men/half-marathon |title=In victory and defeat, Kamworor and Farah now shift focus to Rio rematch |website=IAAF.org |date=28 March 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Dennis |url=http://www.flotrack.org/article/40577-kenyan-duo-clobber-mo-farah-as-kamworor-repeats-at-world-half |title=Kenyan Duo Clobber Mo Farah As Kamworor Repeats at World Half |website=Flotrack.org |date=26 March 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> On 20 February, Farah won the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix 3000m event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-indoor-tour/2016/glasgow-indoor-grand-prix-5853/men/3000-metres/final/result#resultheader |title=3000 Metres Result &#124; Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix |website=IAAF.org |date=20 February 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> On 5 June 2016, Farah broke the 34-year-old British 3000 metre record set by Moorcroft by winning the Diamond League in [[Birmingham]], a win he dedicated to the recently deceased boxer [[Muhammad Ali]].<ref>{{cite news |agency=Press Association |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/mo-farah-breaks-34yearold-british-3000m-record-and-dedicates-victory-to-hero-muhammad-ali-a3264121.html |title=Mo Farah breaks 34-year-old British 3,000m record and dedicates victory to 'hero' Muhammad Ali |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=5 June 2016 |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref> In July 2016 Farah set the concurrent world-leading time in the 5000m in winning the Diamond League in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/diamond-league-farah-proves-ready-for-rio.html |title=Road to the Olympic Games |website=CBC Sports |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> He won the 10,000m at the Diamond League in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], in a time of 26:53.71 which remained the second-fastest time in the world of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/2016-world-athlete-of-the-year-mens-finalists |title=A closer look at the 2016 World Athlete of the Year men's finalists |website=IAAF.org |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

On 13 August, Farah won a gold medal in the [[10,000 metres]] at the [[Rio Olympics]], making it the first time a Briton had won three athletic gold Olympic medals.<ref>{{cite web |last=Etchells |first=Daniel |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1042688/farah-and-beitia-crowned-european-athletes-of-the-year |title=Farah and Beitia crowned European athletes of the year |website=Insidethegames.biz |date=15 October 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> After being accidentally clipped on the back of the heel by American [[Galen Rupp]] on the tenth lap he fell,<ref name="MoFarahFalls">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/sports/olympics/mo-farah-men-10k-result.html?_r=0 |title=Mo Farah Falls but Hardly Misses a Step in 10,000-Meter Victory |date=13 August 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=14 August 2016}}</ref> but went on to win gold with the time of 27:05.17. Rupp slowed after Farah's fall to check his condition and finished in fifth place with a time of 27:08.92. In the final lap Farah battled [[Paul Tanui]], who took the lead with 300 metres remaining. Farah edged him out with 100 metres to go. Tanui finished in second place with a time of 27:05.64.<ref name="MoFarahFalls"/>

On 20 August, Farah went on to win a second gold medal in the [[5,000 metres]] at the Rio Olympics. Coming into the 31st Olympiad, Farah was trying to win gold medals in the 10,000 metres and 5,000 metres to double his success from the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London Olympics]]. Farah held off the lead he had set and finished with a time of 13:03:30, making it only the second time someone has retained the 5000m and 10,000m Olympic titles, after [[Lasse Virén]] of Finland in 1972 and 1976.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/20/mo-farah-gold-medal-5000m-double-double-history |title=Magical Mo Farah bags another Olympic gold and earns his place in history |date=22 August 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref> In September 2016, he won the [[Great North Run]] for a record third consecutive year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-37328765 |title=Great North Run 2016: Mo Farah wins third time in a row |website=BBC News |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, he was the fastest person from the European [[continent]] over two [[Middle-distance running|middle distance]] events and three [[Long-distance running|long-distance]] events; the 1500 metres, 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the half-marathon respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1042685/european-athletics-convention-golden-tracks-awards-ceremony |title=European Athletics Convention: Golden Tracks awards ceremony |website=Insidethegames.biz |date=15 October 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> His ninth global title, the 5000m in Rio, made him surpass [[Kenenisa Bekele]] as the most frequent winner of gold in history for major long-distance events. He remained unbeaten in 2016 in the 3000m as well as in six races over the 10,000m and 5,000m distances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20161109/bolt-thompson-among-iaaf-athlete-year-finalists |title=Bolt, Thompson among IAAF Athlete of the Year finalists |newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner |date=9 November 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

===2017: Tenth world title and track retirement===
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Farah announced that he would switch from track events to the [[marathon]] after the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/40756958 |title=Mo Farah set for final track appearance in Zurich after World Championships |website=BBC Sport |date=28 July 2017}}</ref> He won the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000m event]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/mo-farah-wins-tenth-successive-global-title-at-world-championships/|title=Mo Farah wins tenth successive global title in men's 10,000m at World Championships|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=4 August 2017|website=inews.co.uk|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> and came second in the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5,000m]] event after Ethiopia's [[Muktar Edris]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40833730 |title=World Championships 2017: Mo Farah defends his 10,000m title in London |date=4 August 2017 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40913661 |title=World Championships 2017: Mo Farah misses out on fifth consecutive distance double |date=12 August 2017 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>

Farah won his final two track events, in the Diamond league, in Birmingham and Zurich.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40993606 |title=Mo Farah wins final race in Britain at Birmingham Diamond League meeting |date=20 August 2017 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/41041891 |title=Mo Farah wins his final track race in Zurich Diamond League event |date=24 August 2017 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> On 24 August 2017, he won his final 5,000m in the Diamond league, finishing in 13:06.05, in a final sprint against [[Paul Chelimo]] and [[Muktar Edris]] just behind in 13:06.09.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/08/full-results-2017-weltklasse-zurich-diamond-league |title=Full Results 2017 Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League |date=24 August 2017 |website=LetsRun.com |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>

On 20 August 2017, Farah again reiterated his decision to move to the marathon full-time, and caused headlines when he announced after running his last 10,000m race on British soil at the Muller Grand Prix in Birmingham that he would never again run in a GB vest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/mo-farah-insists-will-never-compete-british-vest/|title=Mo Farah insists he will never again compete in British vest|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=20 August 2017|website=inews.co.uk|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>

On 10 September 2017, Farah won the [[Great North Run]] for a record fourth consecutive time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/41218466 |title=Great North Run: Mo Farah wins record fourth successive title |date=10 September 2017 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> He finished in 1:00:06, 6 seconds ahead of [[Jake Robertson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/09/2017-great-north-run-results/ |title=2017 Great North Run Results |date=11 September 2017 |website=LetsRun.com |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>

On 31 October, Farah split from [[Alberto Salazar]] in order to be coached by [[Gary Lough]], husband and former coach of [[Paula Radcliffe]]. Salazar stated that the split was mutual and he would be happy to advise Farah in the future.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/41811637 |title=Mo Farah splits from coach Alberto Salazar and will return to Britain |date=31 October 2017 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>

===Since 2018: Full-time marathon runner===
In March 2018, in preparation for the London Marathon, Farah won the inaugural London Big Half Marathon, his first race in six months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/04/mo-farah-wins-big-half-marathon|title=Mo Farah wins big half-marathon and sets sights on Jones marathon record|date=4 March 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/03/04/mo-farah-wins-inaugural-big-half-preparation-london-marathon/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/03/04/mo-farah-wins-inaugural-big-half-preparation-london-marathon/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mo Farah wins inaugural 'Big Half' in preparation for London Marathon|first=Telegraph|last=Sport|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=4 March 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 22 April 2018, Farah came third in the [[2018 London Marathon|London Marathon]] in a time of 2:06:22, comfortably beating the British record of 2:07:13 set by [[Steve Jones (runner)|Steve Jones]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/queen-kick-starts-london-marathon-from-windsor-as-sir-mo-farah-eyes-british-record-11342224|title=Sir Mo Farah smashes British record at hottest ever London Marathon|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/04/22/london-marathon-2018-results-winners-latest-news-live-updates/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/04/22/london-marathon-2018-results-winners-latest-news-live-updates/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=London Marathon 2018 live race updates: Mo Farah finishes third in British record time|first1=Sam|last1=Dean|first2=J. J.|last2=Bull|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=22 April 2018|access-date=22 April 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 9 September 2018 Farah won the Great North Run for a record-extending fifth consecutive time.<ref name=moFar2018>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/45464219 | title = Great North Run 2018: Mo Farah wins for record fifth time | date = 9 September 2018 | website = [[BBC News]] | access-date = 9 September 2018 }}</ref> At the [[2018 Chicago Marathon|Chicago Marathon]] Farah claimed his inaugural gold medal in the marathon distance<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/45778829|title=Maiden marathon win for Farah in Chicago|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> and in the process set a new European record of 2 hours 5 minutes and 11 seconds, an improvement by 37 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mo Farah wins first marathon title with dramatic victory in Chicago |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/07/mo-farah-first-marathon-title-chicago |work=The Guardian |date=7 October 2018 |access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref>

===2019: Planning a track return===
In February 2019, Farah announced he planned to run again in the London Big Half Marathon in March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.athleticsweekly.com/event-news/london-winners-face-mo-farah-at-big-half-1039920484/|title=London winners face Mo Farah at Big Half|date=7 February 2019|website=Athletics Weekly|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> In an interview, he also stated that he is considering competing in the [[Tokyo]] [[Olympic Games|Olympics]] in 2020, which, if confirmed, would mark his fourth Olympic games. As well as stating that this would depend on whether his wife and kids "let him",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-46279538/mo-farah-tokyo-2020-is-on-the-cards|title=Farah: 2020 is on the cards|work=BBC News|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> he reflected on his track retirement, saying:

<blockquote>"I was honest and said I was done with the track but part of me missed it. I feel like I can still win medals and do as well as I have over the years."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/20/mo-farah-to-run-2019-london-marathon-2020-olympics|title=Mo Farah to run 2019 London marathon but leaves door open for track return in Tokyo|last=Ingle|first=Sean|date=2018-11-20|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-02-25|issn=0261-3077}}</ref></blockquote>

He has also confirmed that he may run in the 10,000 metres at the [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Doha]] in late 2019, although this would depend on the result of the 2019 Big Half Marathon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29877/11542127/sir-mo-farah-considering-track-return-ahead-of-2020-olympics|title=Sir Mo Farah considering track return ahead of 2020 Olympics|website=Sky Sports|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> This possibility was later confirmed by Neil Black, performance director of [[UK Athletics|British Athletics]], who has said that Farah had received financial backing from the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] in anticipation for both his participation in the Championships, as well as for the Tokyo Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/mo-farah-gets-financial-backing-ahead-of-world-championships-in-qatar-a3988851.html|title=Farah gets financial backing ahead of World Championships in Qatar|date=13 November 2018|website=Evening Standard|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Mo Farah, Bashir Abdi and Daniel Wanjiru, 2019 London Half Marathon, 10 March 2019.jpg|thumb|Mo Farah (left), [[Bashir Abdi]] and [[Daniel Wanjiru]] compete in the 2019 London Half Marathon – finishing in that order.]]
On 10 March 2019, Farah won his second London Big Half Marathon, and again hinted at running the 10,000m at the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|World Championships in October 2019]].<ref name="BBC-10Mar2019">{{cite news |title=London Big Half Marathon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/47513523 |access-date=10 March 2019 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=10 March 2019}}</ref> In April, Farah finished in fifth place in the [[2019 London Marathon]] in 2:05:39.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

On 8 September 2019, Farah won the 2019 [[Great North Run]] for a record sixth consecutive time in a new Personal best of 59:07.<ref name="GNR 2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49625993|title=Great North Run: Mo Farah wins record sixth straight title|date=8 September 2019|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref>

On 29 November 2019, Farah announced via his YouTube channel, his plan to return to the track to defend his 10,000 m Olympic title at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. Farah stated he would put his marathon career on hold while he returned to track oriented training.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

===2020===
In August 2020, Farah won the inaugural [[Antrim Coast Half Marathon]], with a time of 1 hr 00 min 27 sec.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2020 |title=Antrim Coast Half Marathon wins for Mo Farah and Lily Partridge |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/antrim-coast-half-marathon-wins-for-mo-farah-and-lily-partridge-1039932276/ |access-date=31 August 2023 |website=AW |language=en-GB}}</ref>

On 4 September 2020, Farah set the men's all-time record for the [[one hour run]] at the [[2020 Diamond League]] meeting in [[Brussels]], Belgium, covering 21,330 metres (13.25 miles), breaking [[Haile Gebrselassie]]'s record of 21,285 metres set at [[Ostrava]], Czech Republic on 27 June 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/54031824 |title=Mo Farah breaks one-hour world record at Brussels Diamond League |website=BBC Sport |date=4 September 2020 }}</ref>

===2021===
Farah spent several weeks at altitude training in [[Ethiopia]], before competing at the Djibouti International Half Marathon.  Farah won the race in a time of 1:03:07.  After training in [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]], United States, Farah returned to the United Kingdom where, at the 2021 European 10,000m Cup in [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom, he raced his first track 10,000m since the World Championships in 2017.  He finished in eighth place in a time of 27:50.64,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/not/event/T6/1/1/ |title=T6 Mens Int'l Race A |website=Open Track |date=29 June 2021}}</ref> this result broke his undefeated streak in the 10,000m from 2011 to 2021.  Farah later said he was dealing with a foot/ankle injury.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

On 25 June 2021, Farah failed to qualify for the [[2020 Tokyo Olympic Games]] managing to run only a 27:47.04 for the 10,000m at the Manchester Regional Arena, despite this time being a stadium record. The cut-off time for Olympic Qualification of the 10,000m stands at 27:28.00, leaving Farah 19 seconds off the pace. When asked whether this would lead to the end of his distinguished career, he said "It's a tough one.  If I can't compete with the best I'm not just going there to finish in a final. Tonight shows it's not good enough."<ref>{{cite web|date=26 June 2021|title='I gave it my all' – reaction after Farah fails to qualify for Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/athletics/57601221|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

=="Mobot"==
[[File:Mofarahannivgames1.JPG|thumb|right|Mo Farah with his "Mobot" signature pose at the [[London Grand Prix|2013 London Anniversary Games]].]]
Farah often marks victories with a celebration dance known as the "Mobot". He adopted the move following a television appearance in May 2012 opposite sports presenter [[Clare Balding]], on the panel game show ''[[A League of Their Own (British game show)|A League of Their Own]]''. The host [[James Corden]] suggested to the panelists that they should think of a new dance to mark Farah's winning celebration, and Balding subsequently came up with the "''M''" gesture called "Mobot". At its inaugural demonstration, she indicated that the part of the move intended to represent the "M" in "Mo" was inspired by the dance to "[[Y.M.C.A. (song)|YMCA]]", a popular song by the [[Village People]]. Corden himself then named it as the "Mobot".<ref name="Tmfmdibcb">{{cite news |title=Mo Farah's Mobot dance invented by Clare Balding |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9470549/Mo-Farahs-Mobot-dance-invented-by-Clare-Balding.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9470549/Mo-Farahs-Mobot-dance-invented-by-Clare-Balding.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=13 August 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=12 August 2012|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> A robot was named "Mobot" at a university research exhibition, in honour of Farah's celebration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Meet-real-Mobot-ndash-track-champ-s-simply/story-16909443-detail/story.html |title=Meet the real 'Mobot' – track champ who's simply electric |website=This is Plymouth.co.uk |date=15 September 2012 |access-date=16 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205010546/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Meet-real-Mobot-ndash-track-champ-s-simply/story-16909443-detail/story.html |archive-date=5 December 2012 }}</ref> Farah has since used the pose as part of a charity to raise funds for his foundation. [[Virgin Media]] has promised to donate £2 for every [[YouTube]] video that is uploaded with someone doing the mobot.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miles |first=Stuart |url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/48541/do-the-mobot-internet-sensation |title=Could Mo Farah's Do the Mobot be the new Gangnam Style? Internet sensation in the making |website=Pocket-lint.com |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> Farah often uses the sign-off ''Shabba'' in online postings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/olympic-hero-mo-farah-confirmed-3532797 |title=Olympic hero Mo Farah has confirmed he will take part in this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow |newspaper=Daily Record |date=12 May 2014 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
===Family and interests===
Farah lives in London, England.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk2"/> In July 2022, Farah revealed his birth identity as Hussein Abdi Kahin. When he was four years old, his father was killed by a stray mortar round,<ref name=":1" /> during the [[Isaaq genocide]] in the [[Somaliland War of Independence]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=As a child refugee from Somaliland, I know Sir Mo's agony all too well |last=Ali |first=Nimco |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=12 July 2022 |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/sir-mo-farah-child-refugee-somaliland-trafficking-agony-tom-tugendhat-b1011773.html}}</ref> Aged 8, Farah and his twin, Hassan, were sent to live with his uncle in Djibouti. Shortly after, Farah says he was [[Human trafficking in the United Kingdom|brought to the UK]] by a woman he did not know, and told to use the name Mohamed Farah, taken from another child.<ref name=":2" /> Once in London, he was [[Domestic worker|forced to work]] for her and her family, and prevented from contacting his own.<ref name=":2" /> Aged 12, Farah was allowed to start school and he later confided in his PE teacher, who contacted [[social services]] who arranged for Farah to be [[Fostering|fostered]] by another family. His teacher later helped him apply for British citizenship.<ref name=":1" /> As an adult, Farah has made contact with his birth family, and his mother and two brothers live on a farm in [[Somaliland]].<ref name=":1" /> Prior to these revelations, Farah had said that he had been separated from his twin Hassan aged eight when the family moved to join their father, who was working and studying in the UK; Hassan was unwell and unable to travel so stayed in Djibouti, but when his father returned the family Hassan was living with had moved and could not be found for 12 years.<ref>{{cite news |last=Farah |first=Mo |date=6 October 2013 |title=Mo Farah: I missed my twin brother Hassan so much during our 12-year separation |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10359526/Mo-Farah-I-missed-my-twin-brother-Hassan-so-much-during-our-12-year-separation.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10359526/Mo-Farah-I-missed-my-twin-brother-Hassan-so-much-during-our-12-year-separation.html |archive-date=12 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In April 2010, Farah married his longtime girlfriend Tania Nell in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], London. Other athletes at the wedding included [[Paula Radcliffe]], [[Steve Cram]], [[Hayley Yelling]], [[Jo Pavey]], [[Mustafa Mohamed]] and [[Scott Overall]], who was an [[Groomsman|usher]].<ref>{{cite web |author=aliceD |url=http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/2010-04-04/mo-farahs-wedding |title=Mo Farah's wedding |website=All-Athletics.com |date=4 April 2010 |access-date=29 August 2011 |archive-date=24 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024163247/http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/2010-04-04/mo-farahs-wedding |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Kessell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/11/london-2012-scott-overall-mo-farah?newsfeed=true |title=London 2012: Marathon runner Scott Overall inspired by Mo Farah |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 August 2012 |access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref> Farah has a stepdaughter named Rihanna from this relationship.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite web |last=Orstein |first=David |title=BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011 as it happened |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/9665667.stm |access-date=15 July 2012 |website=BBC News |date=22 December 2011}}</ref> He and his wife have twin daughters called Aisha and Amani, born in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic hero Mo Farah father of twin girls |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19379381 |publisher=BBC News |date=25 August 2012 |access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref> In 2015, Farah and Nell had a son called Hussein.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

From 2011 to 2017, Farah lived with his family in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], Oregon, US so that he could train full-time with the [[Nike Oregon Project]].<ref name="Ohmfatbteibtsm">{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/olympic-hero-mo-farah-applies-3014093 |title=Olympic hero Mo Farah applies to be tax exile in bid to save millions
|date=12 January 2014 |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |access-date=12 January 2014}}</ref> At the end of 2017, he cut ties with his coach [[Alberto Salazar]] and decided to return to London. His statement said "Tania and I realised how much we have missed spending time with our friends and family and the kids are so happy here, too. We want the kids to grow up in the UK. It's the right thing to do for my family.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2017/10/30/mo-farah-splits-coach-alberto-salazar-ahead-move-back-london/ Mo Farah splits with coach Alberto Salazar ahead of move back to London]. ''The Daily Telegraph''.</ref>

Farah is a [[Muslim]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9452253/London-2012-Olympics-Mo-Farah-wins-gold-medal-in-the-10000-metres-final.html |location=London |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |title=London 2012 Olympics: Mo Farah wins gold medal in the 10,000 metres final |date=4 August 2012 |first=Adam |last=Lusher}}</ref> and is an active supporter of the [[Muslim Writers Awards]].<ref name="Muwraw">{{cite web |title=Sports stars Mo Farah and Amir Khan join list of supporters |url=http://muslimwritersawards.org.uk/news-and-events/news/sports-stars-mo-farah-and-amir-khan-join-list-supporters |website=[[Muslim Writers Awards]] |access-date=17 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701231404/http://muslimwritersawards.org.uk/news-and-events/news/sports-stars-mo-farah-and-amir-khan-join-list-supporters |archive-date=1 July 2012 }}</ref> [[Islam]] is an important part of his preparation: "I normally pray before a race, I read [[dua]] [Islamic prayers or invocations], think about how hard I've worked and just go for it." He notes that "the [[Qur'an]] says that you must work hard in whatever you do, so I work hard in training and that's got a lot to do with being successful. [It] doesn't just come overnight, you've got to train for it and believe in yourself; that's the most important thing."<ref name="Milmo">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/mo-farah-seeks-a-peaceful-haven-as-he-prepares-for-second-date-with-olympic-destiny-8031603.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/mo-farah-seeks-a-peaceful-haven-as-he-prepares-for-second-date-with-olympic-destiny-8031603.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Mo Farah seeks a peaceful haven as he prepares for second date with Olympic destiny |last=Milmo |first=Cahil |newspaper=The Independent |date=10 August 2012 |access-date=10 August 2013|location=London}}</ref> An [[Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|RISSC]] publication named Farah as among the [[500 most influential Muslims]] in the world in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/influencing-muslims-the-500-most-influential-muslims-234033281.html |title=Influencing Muslims: The 500 Most Influential Muslims |website=PR Newswire |access-date=4 December 2013}}</ref>

Farah is also a fan of [[Arsenal F.C.]], and has trained with its first team squad.<ref name="Afow">{{cite news |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/tv-online-mo-farah-at-emirates-stadium |location=London |website=Arsenal FC Official website |title=TV Online: Mo Farah at Emirates Stadium |date=1 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904175628/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/tv-online-mo-farah-at-emirates-stadium |archive-date=4 September 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Mfcawshafc">{{cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2012/09/04/mo-farah-calls-on-arsene-wenger-to-sign-him-up-as-arsenal-fitness-coach-564720/ |title=Mo Farah calls on Arsene Wenger to sign him up as Arsenal fitness coach |newspaper=Metro |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> He has indicated a desire to become a fitness coach at the [[Emirates Stadium]] in [[Holloway, London|Holloway]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Sarad |last=Shrestha |url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/uk-olympic-hero-mo-farah-eyes-arsenal-fitness-job-4148447 |title=UK Olympic hero Mo Farah eyes Arsenal fitness job |website=Tribal Football |date=27 September 2016 |access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref> once he retires so as to improve its conditioning record.<ref name="Mfcawshafc"/> In October 2013, he launched a book titled ''Mo Farah, Twin Ambitions: My autobiography'' in [[Canary Wharf]], London.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10361764/Mo-Farah-This-is-my-moment-my-race-I-will-not-be-beaten-at-the-London-Olympic-Games.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10361764/Mo-Farah-This-is-my-moment-my-race-I-will-not-be-beaten-at-the-London-Olympic-Games.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Mo Farah: This is my moment, my race – I will not be beaten at the London Olympic Games |first=Mo |last=Farah |date=7 October 2013 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=13 October 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Farah has a large following on social media. This includes roughly 1.5&nbsp;million followers on [[Twitter]], 1.1&nbsp;million on [[Facebook]] and 1.1 million on [[Instagram]]. In 2013, he was the top-ranked query for a sportsperson on the search engine Microsoft UK [[Bing (search engine)|Bing]] who was not a footballer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/justin-bieber-is-bings-most-searched-for-person-of-2013-29801984.html |title=Justin Bieber is Bing's most searched for person of 2013 |date=2 December 2013 |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
[[File:Mo farah2.jpg|thumb|right|Farah at the [[London Youth Games|2010 London Youth Games]] Hall of Fame and Awards Evening.]]
Farah is involved in various philanthropic initiatives, launching the Mo Farah Foundation after a trip to Somalia in 2011.<ref name="Usborne">{{cite news |last=Usborne |first=Simon |title=Mo Farah: Young man in a hurry |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/mo-farah-young-man-in-a-hurry-8007127.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/mo-farah-young-man-in-a-hurry-8007127.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=16 August 2012 |newspaper=The Independent |date=4 August 2012|location=London}}</ref> The following year, he participated in ITV's ''[[The Cube (British game show)|The Cube]]'' and won £250,000 for his foundation, becoming the only person to win the top prize on the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialphillipschofield.com/news/2012/02/01/mo-farah-has-become-the-first-person-to-beat-the-cube/5981 |title=Mo Farah has become the first person to beat The Cube! |website=Official Phillip Schofield.com |date=1 February 2012}}</ref> Along with other high-profile athletes, Farah later took part in the [[2012 Olympic hunger summit]] at [[10 Downing Street]] hosted by the Prime Minister, [[David Cameron]], part of a series of international efforts which have sought to respond to the return of hunger as a high-profile global issue.<ref name="Osutpghs">{{cite news |last=Heaven |first=Douglas |title=Olympic stars unite to promote global hunger summit |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22172-olympic-stars-unite-to-promote-global-hunger-summit.html |access-date=16 August 2012 |newspaper=New Scientist |date=14 August 2012}}</ref>

Olympic memorabilia featuring and signed by Farah has also been auctioned off to raise funds for the [[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] (LOCOG).<ref name="Mfssalta">{{cite news |title=Mo Farah stamp sold at London 2012 auction |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-22332061 |access-date=1 August 2013 |newspaper=BBC |date=28 April 2013}}</ref> In 2013, he joined legislators and activists in a campaign urging [[Barclays Bank]] to repeal its decision to withdraw from the UK remittance market. Farah often used money transfer operators to send remittances to family, and some of the world's largest organisations and charities, including the UN and his own foundation, likewise paid staff and channelled funds through these services.<ref name="Mfpwbnterts">{{cite news |last=Muir |first=Hugh |title=Mo Farah pleads with Barclays not to end remittances to Somalia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/26/mo-farah-barclays-remittance-market |access-date=29 July 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=26 July 2013|location=London}}</ref> In March 2013, Farah, singer [[Robbie Williams]], and a number of other celebrities also urged the Chancellor, [[George Osborne]] to clamp down on global corporations that avoid paying taxes in poor countries in which they operate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonlovesbusiness.com/mo-farah-and-robbie-williams-call-for-clampdown-on-tax-dodgers/|title=Mo Farah and Robbie Williams call for clampdown on tax dodgers|date=14 March 2013}}</ref> He has also expressed support for research into brain tumours.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/stars-back-brain-tumour-funding-after-girl-6-given-two-years-to-live-a3380176.html |title=Stars back brain tumour funding after girl, 6, given two years to live |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=27 October 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

On 7 August 2017, Farah became a global ambassador for Marathon Kids. Speaking of his new role, Farah said, "I love running, and it's given me and my family so much. As a dad, I know how important it is for my children to be active, and I'm honoured to have the chance to inspire kids to run with Marathon Kids."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.nike.com/news/mo-farah-marathon-kids |title=Mo Farah Reveals his Next Step|website=Nike News|access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref>

===Endorsements, advertising and sponsorships===
Farah has endorsement deals with a number of companies, including PACE Sports Management, [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Lucozade]], [[Quorn]], [[Bupa]] and [[Virgin Media]].<ref name="Usborne"/> His work with Nike Inc. includes marketing of clothing and shoes.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/index.ssf/2014/01/nike_commercial_features_seatt.html |work=The Oregonian |title=Nike commercial features Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman |date=20 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mofarahstore.bigcartel.com/product/run-mobot-tee |title=Men's 'Mobot' Tee |website=Mo Farah Store |access-date=13 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424051033/http://mofarahstore.bigcartel.com/product/run-mobot-tee |archive-date=24 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Duffin">{{cite news |last=Duffin |first=Claire |title=London 2012: Athletes in line to make millions after the Games |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9468761/London-2012-Athletes-in-line-to-make-millions-after-the-Games.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9468761/London-2012-Athletes-in-line-to-make-millions-after-the-Games.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=16 August 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=11 August 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In order to preserve his earnings after taxes, Farah also applied in 2013 to have his main place of residence changed to Portland, where he spends most of the year training.<ref name="Ohmfatbteibtsm"/>

In December 2013, Farah signed a marketing deal with Quorn, part of a multimillion-pound campaign aimed at doubling the firm's sales. He led television advertisements for Quorn's [[vegetarian]] forms of protein, with the campaign scheduled to last throughout the following year.<ref>{{cite web |first=Lisa |last=Riley |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/quorn-signs-up-mo-farah-for-new-ads-appealing-to-fitness-fans/352941.article |title=Quorn signs up Mo Farah for new ads appealing to fitness fans |website=The Grocer |date=21 December 2013 |access-date=13 January 2025 |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210194443/https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/quorn-signs-up-mo-farah-for-new-ads-appealing-to-fitness-fans/352941.article |archive-date=10 December 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Travel security===
In 2012–2013, Farah intimated that he had been stopped a number of times by [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection|U.S. Customs]] officials under suspicion of being a [[Terrorism|terrorist]], which he attributed to confusion between his full name "Mohamed" and a computerised check-in process. On one occasion after the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]], he said that he had attempted to prove his identity by showing his [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medals to customs officials, but that this was not accepted.<ref name="Ohmhiutb">{{cite news |title=Olympic Hero Mo Held in US Terror Blunder |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1031513/olympic-hero-mo-held-in-us-terror-blunder |access-date=1 January 2013 |newspaper=Sky News |date=30 December 2012}}</ref>

After U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] signed an executive order temporarily suspending the immigration of Somali-born U.S. permanent residents, Farah made a statement on his Facebook account stating that "I will have to tell my children that Daddy might not be able to come home."<ref>{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/somalia-born-olympic-champion-mo-farah-troubled-trump-s-travel-n713786 |title=Somalia-born Olympic Champion Mo Farah Troubled by Trump's Travel Ban |website=NBC News |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

In March 2018, Farah posted a video on Instagram depicting what he alleges to be racial harassment at [[Munich Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/43308999|title=Mo Farah: Olympic champion says he was racially harassed at German airport|work=BBC Sport|date=6 March 2018|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>

===Television===
In July 2012, Farah successfully completed the final game of ''[[The Cube (British game show)|The Cube]]'' on an episode of a 2012 celebrity series in which British gold medallist athletes competed for charity. Farah is to date the only person to win the top prize on the UK version of the show.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

In November 2020, it was announced that Farah would take part in the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 20)|twentieth series]] of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet I'm A Celebrity's Sir Mo Farah 2020 contestant and Olympic athlete |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-11-09/im-a-celebrity-2020-mo-farah-contestant/ |access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref> He became the eighth celebrity to be eliminated on 2 December 2020 alongside [[AJ Pritchard]].

In July 2022, the BBC documentary ''[[The Real Mo Farah]]'' revealed a true account of Farah's childhood. It follows Farah with his wife and son Hussein as he investigates his past, reuniting with his Somali family and the woman who raised him after he escaped domestic servitude. It received critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/real-mo-farah-bbc1-review-documentary-human-trafficking-modern-slavery-1739217|title=The Real Mo Farah, BBC1, review: Documentary exposes intimate journey through the trauma of human trafficking|work=[[i (British newspaper)|i]]|last=Baker|first=Emily|date=13 July 2022|accessdate=18 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/13/the-real-mo-farah-review-a-beautiful-heartbreaking-story-that-exposes-cruel-tory-policy|title=The Real Mo Farah review – a beautiful, heartbreaking story that exposes cruel Tory policy|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Jeffries|first=Stuart|date=13 July 2022|accessdate=18 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-real-mo-farah-review-trafficking-b2122421.html|title=The Real Mo Farah: This jaw-dropping documentary will leave you bruised and bewildered|work=[[The Independent]]|last=O'Grady|first=Sean|date=14 July 2022|accessdate=18 July 2022}}</ref>

In November 2022, it was announced that Farah would take part in the ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]'' "[[List of Taskmaster episodes#New Year Treat III (2023)|New Year Treat III]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darvill |first=Josh |date=21 November 2022 |title=Taskmaster's New Year Treat returns with new special – meet the line up! |url=https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/643271-taskmasters-new-year-treat-returns-with-new-special-meet-the-line-up.html |access-date=21 November 2022 |website=TellyMix |language=en}}</ref> Farah won the episode.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taskmaster UK: New Year's Treat 2023 |url=https://www.taskmaster.info/season.php?id=66 |access-date=31 March 2025 |website=TaskMaster.Info}}</ref>

==Fancy Bears and Salazar==
===Fancy Bears leak===
In July 2017, the Russian hacking group [[Fancy Bears]] leaked a database from [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] that purportedly showed that Farah had been suspected of [[Doping in sport|doping]] in 2016. Previous Fancy Bears leaks are reported to have included false or altered documents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mo Farah was investigated, then cleared, of doping by IAAF expert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/05/mo-farah-suspected-cleared-doping-iaaf-expert |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=7 November 2018 |date=6 July 2017}}</ref> The  leaked report said that an IAAF staff member had regarded Farah's blood values as suspicious, and had written next to his name: "Likely doping; Passport suspicious: further data is required". However, a later leaked spreadsheet said his records had been "now flagged as normal with the last sample".<ref>{{cite web |title=New Fancy Bears leak says IAAF cleared Mo Farah after doping fear |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2017/07/05/new-fancy-bears-leak-says-iaaf-cleared-mo-farah-doping-fear/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2017/07/05/new-fancy-bears-leak-says-iaaf-cleared-mo-farah-doping-fear/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=7 November 2018 |date=5 July 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Salazar ban===
In October 2019, Mo Farah's former coach [[Alberto Salazar]] and ''[[Nike Oregon Project]]'' doctor Jeffrey Stuart Brown<ref>{{cite web|last=Chavez |first=Chris |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2017/06/09/nike-oregon-project-jeffrey-stuart-brown-doctor |title=Jeffrey Stuart Brown accused of antidoping rules violations |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rebecca R. Ruiz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/sports/nike-oregon-project-doping-allegations.html |title=Doctor for Nike Oregon Project Runners Is Notified of Doping Allegations |work=The New York Times |date=8 June 2017 |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> both received four-year bans from athletics for the trafficking of testosterone, the prohibited use of L-carnitine, and tampering with doping controls.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url= https://www.usada.org/sanction/aaa-panel-4-year-sanctions-alberto-salazar-jeffrey-brown/ |title =AAA Panel Imposes 4-Year Sanctions on Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown for Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations |date =30 September 2019 |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
The investigation was the subject of an episode of BBC's [[Panorama (British TV programme)|''Panorama'']] in which it was revealed Farah repeatedly denied having L-carnitine injection prior to the [[2014 London Marathon]] to the [[United States Anti-Doping Agency]] in 2015,  but changed his account of what happened shortly afterwards.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=24 February 2020 |title=Leaked reports show Mo Farah changed account to US anti-doping investigators |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/24/leaked-reports-show-mo-farah-changed-account-to-us-investigators |access-date=25 April 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Fresh questions over Farah's relationship with Salazar |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/51591701 |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
===Athletics===
* 2006 British Athletics Writers' Association Award<ref name="sportsjournalists.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/site/bawa/ |title=Farah: male athlete of 2016 |website=British Athletics Writers' Association |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>
* 2010 British Athletics Writers' Association Award<ref name="sportsjournalists.co.uk"/>
* 2010 Best Senior Athlete of 2010 (UK Aviva Athletics Awards)<ref>{{cite news |title=Aviva Athletics Awards 2010 |url=https://www.uka.org.uk/news/news-and-features/aviva-athletics-awards-2010/ |website=UK Athletics|date=6 December 2012 |archive-date=21 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621012846/http://uka.org.uk/media/news/news-archive-pre-2011/december-2010/06-12-10-aviva-athletics-awards/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2010 London Youth Games Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonyouthgames.org/news.asp?section=26&itemid=1323&search= |title=London Youth Games Hall of Fame 2010 |website=London Youth Games.org |date=10 September 2010 |access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921130501/http://www.londonyouthgames.org/news.asp?section=26&itemid=1323&search= |archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2011 British Athletics Writers' Association Award<ref name="Muwraw"/>
* 2011 European Athlete of the Year<ref name="Muwraw"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/15181590.stm |website=BBC News |title=Farah handed 2011 European award |date=5 October 2011}}</ref>
* 2011 [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award]], 3rd place{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* 2011 [[Athletics Weekly]] International Male Athlete{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* 2012 British Athletics Writers' Association Award<ref>{{cite news |title=Farah and Ennis voted British Athletes of the Year |url=http://uka.org.uk/media/news/october-2012/26-10-12-farah-ennis/ |website=UKA.org.uk |date=26 October 2012 |access-date=28 October 2012 |archive-date=25 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225044228/http://uka.org.uk/media/news/october-2012/26-10-12-farah-ennis/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2012 European Athlete of the Year<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/9589319/Mo-Farah-voted-European-Male-Athlete-of-Year-for-second-year-in-a-row.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/9589319/Mo-Farah-voted-European-Male-Athlete-of-Year-for-second-year-in-a-row.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Mo Farah voted European male athlete of the year for second year |first=Simon |last=Hart |date=5 October 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=10 October 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* 2012 [[Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year]], nominee{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* 2012 Athletics Weekly International Male Athlete{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* 2013 IAAF World Athlete of the Year, finalist{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* 2013 British Athletics Writers' Association Award<ref name="sportsjournalists.co.uk"/>
* 2013 Athletics Weekly International Male Athlete<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/aw-readers-choice-award-winners/ |title=Farah, Adams and Rees among AW Readers' Choice award winners |website=Athletics Weekly |date=5 December 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216110604/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/aw-readers-choice-award-winners/ |archive-date=16 February 2014 }}</ref>
* 2013 Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year, nominee{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* 2013 [[British Olympic Association]] Olympic athlete of the year<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamgb.com/news/boa-announce-olympic-athletes-year-2013 |title=BOA Announce Olympic Athletes of the Year 2013 |website=Team GB |date=23 December 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>
* 2013 AIPS Europe Sportsmen of the Year – ''Frank Taylor Trophy''{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* 2013 [[Rodale, Inc.]], [[Running Times]] – Runner of the Year<ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Ken |url=http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/the-running-times-2013-runners-of-the-year?page=2 |title=The Running Times 2013 Runners of the Year |website=Running Times |date=30 December 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>
* 2014 [[Jesse Owens International Athlete Trophy]], nominee<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.voice-online.co.uk/article/usain-bolt-mo-farah-and-serena-williams-top-prize|title=Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Serena Williams up for top prize |website=The Voice Online |date=31 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706125938/http://voice-online.co.uk/article/usain-bolt-mo-farah-and-serena-williams-top-prize |archive-date=6 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2014 Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year, nominee{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* 2014 [[sack race]] world record<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 July 2014|title=Olympics double gold medalist Mo Farah bags sack race record|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2014/7/olympics-double-gold-medalist-mo-farah-bags-sack-race-record-58787|access-date=24 September 2021|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 2015 World Record, [[Two miles|2-mile]] run, [[Birmingham]]{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* Runners World top 50 influential individuals in running<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rw.runnersworld.com/the50/ |title=The 50 Most Influential People in Running |website=Runner's World |access-date=14 December 2015 |last1=World |first1=Runner's }}</ref>
* [[LetsRun.com]] number 1 in 2015 year-end world ranking for long-distance runners<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/12/2015-lrc-year-end-rankings-mens-5000-mo-farah-else-1-world-ben-true-galen-rupp-ryan-hill-lead-fine-crop-americans/ |title=2015 LRC Year-End Rankings, Men's 5,000: Mo Farah (Who Else?) Is No. 1 in World; Ben True, Galen Rupp & Ryan Hill Lead A Fine Crop of Americans |website=LetsRun.com |date=28 December 2015 |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref>
* 2015 fastest men's 10,000-metre runner<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/12/2015-lrc-year-end-rankings-mens-10000-surprise-surprise-mo-farah-galen-rupp-world-us-1s/ |title=2015 LRC Year-End Rankings, Men's 10,000: Surprise, Surprise – Mo Farah And Galen Rupp Are The World And US #1s |website=LetsRun.com |date=30 December 2015 |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref>
* 2016 BAWA Athlete of the Year<ref>{{cite web |last=Weekly |first=Athletics |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/jessica-ennis-hill-mo-farah-bawa-athletes-of-the-year-53159 |title=Jessica Ennis-Hill and Mo Farah are BAWA athletes of the year |website=Athletics Weekly |date=4 November 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>
* 2016 British Athletics Supporters Club athlete of the year<ref>{{cite web |last=Weekly |first=Athletics |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/mo-farah-voted-basc-athlete-of-the-year-53743 |title=Mo Farah voted BASC athlete of the year |website=Athletics Weekly |date=20 November 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>
* 2016 [[Athletics Weekly]] International Male Athlete of the Year, ahead of [[Usain Bolt]]<ref name="athleticsweekly.com">{{cite web |last=Weekly |first=Athletics |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/farah-ennis-hill-winners-2016-aw-readers-choice-awards-54331 |title=Farah and Ennis-Hill among winners in 2016 AW Readers' Choice Awards |website=Athletics Weekly |date=8 December 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>
* 2016 Athletics Weekly British Male Athlete of the Year<ref name="athleticsweekly.com"/>
* 2017 Sportsman of the Year at the [[Lycamobile]] British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards (BEDSAs)<ref name="voice-online">{{cite news|last=Hinds|first=Rodney|url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/british-ethnic-diversity-sports-awards-honoured-sir-mo|title=British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards honoured Sir Mo|publisher=Voice Online|date=23 March 2017|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620051044/http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/british-ethnic-diversity-sports-awards-honoured-sir-mo|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="sportingequals">{{cite news|last=Trehan|first=Dev|url=http://www.sportingequals.org.uk/news-blogs/bedsa-2017-highlights.html|title=BEDSA 2017 Highlights|publisher=Sporting Equals|date=7 May 2017|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401213326/http://www.sportingequals.org.uk/news-blogs/bedsa-2017-highlights.html|archive-date=1 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/39314017|title=Mo Farah & Kadeena Cox win British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards awards|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=18 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award]], 1st place{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

===Other===
[[File:Mo Farah CBE figure at Madame Tussauds London (30430393003).jpg|thumb|upright|Wax statue of Farah at [[Madame Tussauds]], London]]

* 2012: Winner of the British game show [[The Cube (British game show)|The Cube]]. Farah is the only person who won the top prize on the UK version of the show.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
* [[2013 New Year Honours|2013]]: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)<ref name=Tnyh />
* 2013: Premier Inn Celebrity Dad of The Year<ref name="Imfncdoty">{{cite news |title=Mo Farah named Celebrity Dad of the Year |url=http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-06-15/mo-farah-named-celebrity-dad-of-the-year/ |access-date=1 August 2013 |newspaper=ITV |date=15 June 2013}}</ref>
* 2013: Best at Sport award at the [[British Muslim Awards]]<ref name="asianimage">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/10197507.Winners_honoured_at_British_Muslim_Awards/ |title=Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards |magazine=Asian Image |date=31 January 2013 |access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref>
* 6th place, Freuds Heroes Index<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/wildlife-presenter-david-attenborough-is-named-the-uks-most-trustworthy-figure-9102139.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/wildlife-presenter-david-attenborough-is-named-the-uks-most-trustworthy-figure-9102139.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |newspaper=The Independent |first=Antonia |last=Molloy |title=Wildlife presenter David Attenborough is named the UK's most trustworthy figure |date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
* 2014: World's 100 Most Powerful Arabs, ''[[Arabian Business]]''<ref name="Wompa">{{cite web |title=World's 100 Most Powerful Arabs |url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/world-s-100-most-powerful-arabs-2014-543949.html?view=profile&itemid=544012#.U_OnJbt38jh |website=Arabian Business |access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref>
* 2015: Clothing firm Rohan's eighth greatest [[Briton]] of all time<ref>{{cite web |last=Fox |first=Boudicca |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/50-greatest-britons-revealed-wills-6495706 |title=The 50 greatest Britons revealed: Wills and Kate are in but where are Bobby Moore and Thomas Hardy? – Mirror Online |website=Mirror.co.uk |date=22 September 2015 |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref>
* 2015: [[Evening Standard]]'s top 25 most influential [[Demographics of London|London]]ers<ref>Ashton, James (16 September 2015) [https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/power-and-the-glory-george-osborne-and-england-rugby-captain-chris-robshaw-named-as-most-influential-a2948656.html The Progress 1000: George Osborne and England rugby captain Chris Robshaw named as most influential Londoners]. standard.co.uk</ref>
* 2016: [[Sports Relief]] highest polled sporting [[London]] hero with 27% of the vote<ref>{{cite news |first=Lizzie |last=Edmonds |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mo-farah-named-sports-hero-londoners-are-most-proud-of-a3167901.html |title=Mo Farah named sports hero Londoners are most proud of |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=29 January 2016 |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref>
* 2016: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Inspirational Athlete.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
* 2016: Fifth most powerful [[Black British|Black Briton]], on tenth anniversary of [[Powerlist]], African and Caribbean heritage listing<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/sir-lenny-henry-and-mo-farah-among-top-10-most-influential-black-britons-35159049.html |title=Sir Lenny Henry and Mo Farah among top 10 most influential black Britons |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>
* [[2017 New Year Honours|2017]]: created a [[Knight Bachelor]] for services to Athletics.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61803 |date=31 December 2016 |supp=y |page=N2 }}</ref>
* Awarded OLY post nominal title from World Olympians Association<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympians.org/news/1127/oly-honours-for-olympic-legends/|title=OLY honours for Olympic legends|website=olympians.org}}</ref>
* 2023: Winner of [[Taskmaster (TV series)|The Taskmaster]] 'New Year Treat III'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/taskmasters-new-year-treat-2023-crowns-its-winner/ar-AA15S6uo|title=Taskmaster's New Year Treat 2023 crowns its winner |website=[[MSN]] }}</ref>
* 2025: Awarded an honorary degree from the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr783mjg97xo|title=Sir Mo Farah among Oxford honorary degree recipients|last=Gudge|first=Ethan|date=24 April 2025|access-date=25 June 2025|via=BBC}}</ref>

==National titles==
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* [[British Athletics Championships]]
** 5000 metres: 2007, 2011
* [[British Indoor Athletics Championships]]
** 3000 metres: 2007
* [[British 10K Championships]]
** 10K run: 2011, 2012
* [[British Marathon Championships]]
** Marathon: 2014

==Race results==
All information from [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://more.arrs.run/runner/13567 |title=Mohamed Farah Mukhtar |website=[[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]] |access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref>

===International competitions===
{|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|nation=GBR2|nation2=ENG}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1999
|[[1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|6th
|3000 m
|8:21.25
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1999 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Velenje]], Slovenia
|5th
|Junior individual
|23:18
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Junior team
|26 pts
|-
|rowspan=5|2000
|rowspan=2|[[2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Vilamoura]], Portugal
|25th
|[[2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race|Junior individual]]
|24:37
|-
|12th
|Junior team
|216 pts
|-
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Santiago]], Chile
|10th
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|14:12.21
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2000 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Malmö]], Sweden
|7th
|Junior individual
|19:12
|-
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|Junior team
|25 pts
|-
|rowspan=5|2001
|rowspan=2|[[2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Ostend]], Belgium
|59th
|[[2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race|Junior individual]]
|28:06
|-
|15th
|Junior team
|332 pts
|-
|[[2001 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
|[[Grosseto]], Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|5000 m
|14:09.91
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2001 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Thun]], Switzerland
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Junior individual
|19:38
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Junior team
|54 pts
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Lausanne]], Switzerland
|74th
|[[2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race|Short race]]
|12:13
|-
|[[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:58.88
|-
|rowspan=7|2005
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|6th
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|7:54.08
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Saint-Galmier]], France
|37th
|[[2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race|Senior race]]
|37:50
|-
|17th
|Senior team
|308 pts
|-
|[[2005 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Florence]], Italy
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|3000 m
|8:17.28
|-
|[[2005 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Erfurt]], Germany
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|14:10.96
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tilburg]], Netherlands
|21st
|Senior race
|27:57
|-
|7th
|Senior team
|129 pts
|-
|rowspan=7|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Melbourne]], Australia
|9th
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:40.53
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], Japan
|40th
|[[2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race|Short race]]
|11:27
|-
|14th
|Short race team
|253 pts
|-
|[[2006 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Málaga]], Spain
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|3000 m
|8:27.91
|-
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Athletics Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:44.79
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2006 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[San Giorgio su Legnano]], Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Senior race
|27:56
|-
|4th
|Senior team
|79 pts
|-
|rowspan=5|2007
|[[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
|5th
|[[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|8:03.50
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Mombasa]], Kenya
|11th
|[[2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race|Senior race]]
|37:31
|-
|8th
|Senior team
|380 pts
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], Japan
|6th
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:47.54
|-
|[[2007 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart]], Germany
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|3000 m
|7:49.89
|-
|rowspan=5|2008
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia]], Spain
|6th
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|7:55.08
|-
|[[2008 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Annecy]], France
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|5000 m
|13:44.07
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|17th (h)
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:50.95
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2008 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Brussels]], Belgium
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Senior race
|30:57
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Senior team
|54 pts
|-
|rowspan=5|2009
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Turin]], Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|7:40.17 '''{{AthAbbr|CR}}'''
|-
|[[2009 European Team Championships Super League|European Team Championships]]
|[[Leiria]], Portugal
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|5000 m
|13:43.01
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|7th
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:19.69
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Dublin]], Ireland
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Senior race
|31:02
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|54 pts
|Senior team
|-
|rowspan=5|2010
|rowspan=2|[[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|20th
|[[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race|Senior race]]
|34:09
|-
|14th
|Senior team
|230 pts
|-
|[[2010 European Team Championships|European Team Championships]]
|[[Bergen]], Norway
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|5000 m
|13:46.93
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:31.18
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|28:24.99
|-
|rowspan=3|2011
|[[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|7:53.00
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Daegu]], South Korea
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:23.36
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|27:14.07
|-
|rowspan=4|2012
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Istanbul]], Turkey
|4th
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|7:41.79
|-
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:29.91
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[London]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:41.66
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|27:30.42
|-
|rowspan=3|2013
|[[2013 European Team Championships|European Team Championships]]
|[[Gateshead]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|5000 m
|14:10.00
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Moscow]], Russia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:26.98
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|27:21.71
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
|rowspan=2|[[2014 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Zürich]], Switzerland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|14:05.82
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|28:08.11
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
|rowspan=2|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Beijing]], China
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:50.38
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|27:01.13
|-
|rowspan=3|2016
|[[2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]]
|[[Cardiff]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Individual
|59:59
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 5,000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:03.30
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|27:05.17
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
|rowspan=2|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[London]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5,000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:33.22
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|26:49.51
|}

===Circuit wins===
* Diamond League
** [[London Grand Prix]]: 2009 (5000&nbsp;m), 2011 (3000&nbsp;m), 2013 (3000&nbsp;m), 2015 (3000&nbsp;m)
** [[Herculis]]: 2011 (5000&nbsp;m)
** [[British Grand Prix (athletics)|Birmingham]]: 2011 (5000&nbsp;m), 2012 (2 miles), 2013 (5000&nbsp;m), 2014 (2 miles), 2016 (3000&nbsp;m), 2017 (3000&nbsp;m)
** [[Prefontaine Classic]]: 2011, 2015, 2016 (10,000&nbsp;m)
** [[Athletissima]]: 2015 (5000&nbsp;m)
** [[Weltklasse Zürich]]: 2017 (5000&nbsp;m)
* Road
** [[Great South Run]]: 2009
** [[New York City Half Marathon]]: 2011
** [[Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon]]: 2013
** [[Great North Run]]: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,2019
** [[Lisbon Half Marathon]]: 2015
** [[Antrim Coast Half Marathon]]: 2020
* Cross country
** [[Cross de L'Acier]]: 2006
** [[Great Edinburgh International Cross Country]]: 2011

===Personal bests===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Category || Event || Time || Date || Place
|-
|rowspan=10|Outdoor
| 100 m || 12.98 || 2012 || [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]
|-
| 800 m || 1:48.69 || 5 August 2003 || [[Eton, Berkshire|Eton]]
|-
| 1500 m || 3:28.81 '''[[British records in athletics|NR]]''' || 19 July 2013 || [[Monaco]]
|-
| One mile || 3:56.49 || 6 August 2005 || [[London]]
|-
| 2000 m || 5:06.34 || 9 March 2006 || [[Melbourne]]
|-
| 3000 m || 7:32.62 '''[[British records in athletics|NR]]''' || 5 June 2016 || [[Birmingham]]
|-
| Two miles || 8:07.85 '''[[List of European records in athletics|AR]]''' || 24 August 2014 || [[Birmingham]]
|-
| 5000 m || 12:53.11 '''[[British records in athletics|NR]]''' || 22 July 2011 || [[Monaco]]
|-
| 10,000 m || 26:46.57 '''[[List of European records in athletics|AR]]''' || 3 June 2011 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
| One hour || 21,330 m '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR]]''' || 4 September 2020 || [[Brussels]]
|-
|rowspan=5|Indoor
| 1500 m || 3:39.03 || 28 January 2012 || [[Glasgow]]
|-
| One mile || 3:57.92 || 4 February 2012 || [[Boston]]
|-
| 3000 m || 7:33.1+ || 21 February 2015 || [[Birmingham]]
|-
| Two miles || 8:03.40 || 21 February 2015 || [[Birmingham]]
|-
| 5000 m || 13:09.16<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-indoor-tour/2017/muller-indoor-grand-prix-birmingham-6048/men/5000-metres/final/result |title=5000 Metres Result |website=IAAF.org |date=18 February 2017 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> '''[[List of European records in athletics|AR]]''' || 18 February 2017 || [[Birmingham]]
|-
|rowspan=7|Road
| 10&nbsp;km || 27:44 || 31 May 2010 || [[London 10,000|London]]
|-
| 15&nbsp;km || 42:03+ '''[[List of European records in athletics|AR]]''' || 26 March 2016 || [[Cardiff]]
|-
| 10 miles || 46:25 || 25 October 2009 || [[Great South Run|Portsmouth]]
|-
| 20&nbsp;km || 56:27 '''[[British records in athletics|NR]]''' || 22 March 2015 || [[Lisbon Half Marathon|Lisbon]]
|-
|rowspan=2| Half marathon || 59:07a || 8 September 2019 || [[Great North Run]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49625993|title=Farah wins sixth Great North Run title|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
|-
| 59:32 '''[[British records in athletics|NR]]''' || 22 March 2015 || [[Lisbon]]
|-
| Marathon || 2:05:11 || 7 October 2018 ||[[Chicago Marathon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.chicagomarathon.com/2018/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=999999107FA310000021D07C&lang=EN_CAP&event=MAR&lang=EN_CAP&search%5Bname%5D=farah&search_event=MAR|title=Chicago Marathon 2018 Results|date=7 October 2018|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref>
|}
+ intermediate split in longer race<br />a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28

==Biographical works==
===Autobiography===
* ''Twin Ambitions: My Autobiography'' (2013, Hodder & Stoughton) {{ISBN|9781444779585}}

===Children's fiction===
* ''Ready Steady Mo!'' (with [[Kes Gray]]; illustrated by Marta Kissi) (2016, Hodder Children's Books) {{ISBN|9781444934076}}

===Biopic===
* ''Mo Farah: No Easy Mile''; a non-fictional account of Farah's journey to the Olympics<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heyuguys.com/win-mo-farah-no-easy-mile-dvd/ |title=Win Mo Farah: No Easy Mile on DVD |website=HeyUGuys |date=28 November 2016 |access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref>

===Other===
* [[Cardiff]] native Sonny Double 1 released a biographical [[grime music|grime]] musical named ''Mo Farah'' in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://soundcloud.com/acepacinocf11/sonnydouble1-mo-farah |title=Mo Farah |website=Soundcloud.com |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes]]
* [[5000 metres at the Olympics]]
* [[10,000 metres at the Olympics]]
* [[5000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics]]
* [[10,000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website}}
* {{IAAF}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601235339/http://www.mofarahfoundation.org.uk/about-us/ |date=1 June 2012 |title=Mo Farah Foundation}}
* {{cite news |first=Shingi |last=Mararike |title=A life in the day: Mo Farah, Olympic legend |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]] |date=25 September 2016 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/article/a-life-in-the-day-mo-farah-olympic-legend-0c5fcx6fg}}

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