Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Aaron Flanagan

Who is Mo Farah's wife? Tania Farah is the university sweetheart always at the finish line

Whether he is running on the track or on the road, Mo Farah can count on the support of his five biggest supporters.

Farah's wife, Tania, is regularly at the finish line of his races alongside their twins - Aisha and Amani - young son Hussein and step-daughter Rhianna.

The family are often pictured together when he celebrates race victories.

Farah first met Tania when they were studying at university in west London an they tied the knot with a lavish wedding ceremony in 2010.

Among the big name athletes in attendance at the wedding, which took place in Richmond, were Paula Radcliffe, Steve Cram and Jo Pavey.

Just one year later, the couple moved to Portland, Oregon, which remains their adopted home alongside their children. Farah's move was so he could train full-time with the Nike Oregon Project.

Farah poses with Tania at the Great North Run in 2018 (Getty Images for Nike)
Tania and Farah pose for a picture at Royal Ascot 2018 (X03809)

But for Farah's development, he has to spend large parts of the year training in high altitude, and often searing heat, meaning he is often abroad.

Tania has previously admitted that she and the children miss Farah when he is training around the world.

“It’s hard but it’s something that we’ve had to cope with since we first got together really,” she told the Telegraph.

“Mo was going away a lot from day one, so I had to get used to that pretty quickly.”

Tania opened the royal-themed Bristol Manor Spa in the couple's adopted home of Portland in May 2017.

But later that year, Farah revealed that he was moving to London when he announced he was splitting from his coach, Alberto Salazar.

“I'm leaving simply because my family and I are moving back to London," he told the Telegraph.

Farah and Tania pose with step-daughter Rhianna and twins Aisha and Amani (Getty Images)
Tania was in the crowd when Farah won gold at the London 2012 Olympics (X01801)

“We all loved spending our summer here and Tania and I realised how much we have missed spending time with our friends and family - and the kids are so happy here, too.

“We want the kids to grow up in the UK. It's the right thing to do for my family. But both Nike Oregon Project and Alberto are based in the USA, so it just would not be possible to continue our relationship from London.”

Hussein was born in 2015, while the twins, Aisha and Amani, were born shortly after Farah's twin gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics.

Speaking at the time of the birth, Tania said: "It's like a fairy tale. We couldn't ask for anything more.”

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.