Mo Farah

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Mo Farah
  • Residence: Twickenham, London
  • DOB: 23 March 1983
  • Region: Greater London
  • Home Town: Somalia
  • Club: Newham and Essex Beagles
Career highlights
2009 European Indoor Championships: 1st, 3000m
2009 European Cross Country Championships: 2nd
2008 Beijing Olympics
2008 European Cross Country Championships 2nd (3rd Team)
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What is your sporting ambition?
To be Olympic champion at the London 2012 Games.
What was your inspiration to take up your sport?
My PE teacher Alan Wilkinson spotted that I could run and asked me to run for the school team
What are your interests outside of sport?
I love photography, working with children and I am a massive Arsenal fan.
In your mind, what's the most memorable moment of past Olympics/Paralympics?
Watching Paul Tergat and Haile Gebrselassie battling it out stride for stride during the 10,000m at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
What three words best describe you?
Crazy, Ambitious, Happy
Who should light the flame for London 2012?
Tupac’s Spirit
If you were a character from a film, who would you be and why?
Denzel Washington in Man on Fire, because he’s protective and cool


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