Sir Mo Farah, 2017 (Somalia)
Somalia-born Olympic champion Mohamed Muktar Jama “Mo” Farah is considered to be a living legend of both the 5,000m and 10,000m distance running categories. Farah moved to the U.K. as a child and grew up in London, running for the Newham and Essex Beagles athletic clubs and later training at St. Mary’s University College.
Farah is easily the most-successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history. He won the gold medal in both the 5,000m and 10,000m at the 2012 London Olympics and successfully defended both wins at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil, making him only the second athlete in modern Olympic Games history to achieve that feat.
He is the most-decorated athlete in British athletics history, with nine global titles, and was the first British athlete to win two gold medals at the same world championships. He was named a Knight Bachelor in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to athletics.
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