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Mo Farah

1983 - Today

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Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a Somali-born British retired 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 ever, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mo Farah has received more than 7,947,272 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Mo Farah is the 821st most popular athlete (up from 875th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Somalia and the most popular Somali Athlete.

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  • 7.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mo Farah ranks 821 out of 3,059. Before him are Gerd Wessig, Josef Feistmantl, Khadr El-Touni, Afanasijs Kuzmins, Carl Bertilsson, and Olivér Halassy. After him are Robert Emmiyan, Erki Nool, Eino Purje, Ruth Svedberg, Maurice Verdonck, and Simon Slåttvik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Mo Farah ranks 99. Before him are Leelee Sobieski, Park Hae-jin, Daniel Jarque, Kim Hee-chul, Eiji Kawashima, and Vladimir Stojković. After him are Ruslan Ponomariov, Kevin Systrom, Aidan Turner, Bradley James, John Heitinga, and Mamoru Miyano.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Mo Farah ranks 25 out of 50. Before him are Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964), Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948), Hussein Farrah Aidid (1962), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), and Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936). After him are Dahir Riyale Kahin (1952), Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), Omar Sharmarke (1960), Mohamed Hussein Roble (1963), Faiza Jama Mohamed (1958), and K'naan (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Somalia

Among athletes born in Somalia, Mo Farah ranks 1. After him are Abdi Bile (1962), Mohamed Suleiman (1969), Samia Yusuf Omar (1991), and Mohammed Ahmed (1991).

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