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Mo Farah

British track and field athlete

United Kingdom · b. 1983

Sport

Born in Somalia, Farah, 36, came to Britain at the age of eight. At the 2012 London Olympics, he won the 10,000m and the 5,000m; four years later, in Rio, he successfully defended both titles. In 2017, after winning his sixth World Championships gold medal, he switched to marathon events. He is running the London Marathon on Sunday, wearing the Nike Zoom X Vaporfly NEXT% shoe. He is married with four children and lives in London.

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Question What did you want to be when you were growing up? Identity & self read 192 other answers →

A mechanic when I was a little kid, and then, when I came to the UK, I wanted to play professional football.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2019 source ↗

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