What Is Mo Farah Real Name? British Long-Distance Runner Says Was Trafficked As A Child, Story, Facts, Real Name, Family, Wife Revealed

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Who is Mo Farah? – Full Story and facts

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah well known as Mo Farah is a British long-distance runner. He won ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) which make him the most successful male track distance runner ever, and he is the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.

According to Mo Farah, he was born in Somaliland as Hussein Abdi Kahin and according to him Mo says that his father died in a civil war when he was aged four, and that he became separated from his mother.

At the age of nine he was illegally trafficked to the United Kingdom via Djibouti and he was given the name Mohammed Farah, he says that he was forced to work as a domestic servant. Mo Farah was flown from the country by a woman he had never met, and then made to look after another family’s children.

Mo Farah says he was trafficked to the U.K. and forced into child labor : NPR

In July 2000, He obtained a British citizenship under the name Mohamed Farah. These aspects of his background were not made public until July 2022 and a barrister told him that there was a risk that he might lose his British nationality as it was obtained by misrepresentations; the Home Office, however, assured him that he would not face any repercussions.

Mo Farah education

For the first years he was in Britain, he was not allowed to go to school, but when he was 11 or 12 he began to attend Year 7 at Feltham Community College, where staff were told he was a refugee from Somalia. His athletic talent was first identified by physical education teacher Alan Watkinson. Farah’s ambition was to become a car mechanic or play as a right winger for Arsenal football club.

Mo Farah age and Family

Mo Farah – Hussein Abdi Kahin was born on 23 March 1983 and he is currently 39 years old. He was born in Somaliland (then part of Somalia).

He has said that his father died in a civil war during the Isaaq genocide in the Somaliland War of Independence.  Farah and his twin, Hassan, were sent to live with his uncle in Djibouti.

Shortly after, Farah says he was brought to the UK by a woman he did not know, and told to use the name Mohamed Farah, taken from another child.  He was then separated from his mother at an early age.

Mo Farah Wife 

Mo Farah’s wife is Tania Nell. Tania is also an athlete and has also participated in so many long-distance races. Nell is also a successful entrepreneur, she always supports Mo in his racing career.

Tania Nell height

Tania gave birth to twin daughters named Amani Farah and Aisha Farah in August 2012. After three years, she gave birth to a son named Hussein Mo Farah in 2015. Nell with her husband and kids

Mo Farah Wife and children

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