Who is Mo Farah?

Mo Farah aka Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah is a British long-distance runner and double Olympic champion.

He is the winner of 2012, London Olympics at 500m and 10,000m. As of 2022, he has made British records for 1500m, 500m, and 10,000 cm.

During a recent interview with BBC on July 12, 2022, he revealed that he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child and forced to work as a domestic servant.

Mo Farah- Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

The athlete was born Hussein Abdi Kahin on March 23, 1983, in Mogadishu, Somalia. As of 2022, he is 39 years old holding British nationality. Though, he is of mixed ethnicity having the Aries birth zodiac sign.

The details regarding his father and mother have not been disclosed yet. However, according to the source, it is known that his father passed away in a civil war when he was young. After that, he left his mother and started staying away from her.

Through Djibouti, he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child and forced to work as a domestic servant. He was flown over from the East African country aged nine by a woman he had never met and then made to look after another family’s children.

Later in July 2001, he gained British nationality under the name, Mohamed Farah. He shared the info recently in July 2022, during an interview with BBC.

The details of his parents, siblings, and educational life have not been disclosed yet.