Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah is a Somali-born British retired long-distance runner. Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold medals 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 at the 2015 Diamond League in Doha
Farah at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships.
Farah celebrates winning the 10,000 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.
Farah on the way to his first Olympic gold medal during the 10,000 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Lasse Artturi Virén is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. He was elected Finnish Sportsman of the Year in 1972 and 1976 and later became a politician and a member of Finland's parliament in 1999–2007 and 2010–2011.
Lasse Virén c. 1974
Virén (left) in 1980