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Mo Farah

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Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 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 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m. He is the second athlete, after Lasse Virén, to win both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m titles at successive Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mo Farah is the 2,542nd most popular athlete (down from 1,584th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Somali Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mo Farah ranks 2,542 out of 6,025. Before him are Werner von Moltke, Roberto Tozzi, Mack Robinson, Roland Wieser, Valeria Răcilă, and Frank-Peter Roetsch. After him are Diane Williams, Li Lingjuan, Bernard Malivoire, Viorica Ioja, Maricica Țăran, and Hanna Öberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Mo Farah ranks 259. Before him are Jádson, Angela Sarafyan, Jorge Valdivia, Juan Manuel Vargas, Isabeli Fontana, and Jan Błachowicz. After him are Felipe Colombo, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Junya Tanaka, Masato Osugi, Václav Svěrkoš, and Romaric.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Mo Farah ranks 39 out of 58. Before him are Ali Khalif Galaydh (1941), Mohamed Hussein Roble (1963), Fartuun Adan (1969), Edna Adan Ismail (1937), Hamza Abdi Barre (1972), and Hussein Farrah Aidid (1962). After him are Abdirizak Haji Hussein (1924), Hassan Abshir Farah (1945), Abdi Bile (1962), K'naan (1978), Faiza Jama Mohamed (1958), and Barkhad Abdi (1985).

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Among ATHLETES In Somalia

Among athletes born in Somalia, Mo Farah ranks 1. After him are Abdi Bile (1962), Mohammed Ahmed (1991), Samia Yusuf Omar (1991), Mohamed Suleiman (1969), Abdi Nageeye (1989), Abdi Hakin Ulad (1991), Shirley McCay (1988), and Hassan Mead (1989).

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