Sport: Athletics
Borough: Hounslow
LYG Story: Represented Hounslow in cross country at the London Youth Games, placing 9th in the 1994 under 13s race.
Achievements: Made history by winning double gold in the 10,000m and 5000m at the 2012 Olympic Games and repeating the feat at the 2013 World Championships, where he also defended his 5000m and 10,000m titles. In both the 2015 European Championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, he once again defended both titles becoming the second man in history to win both races in two consecutive Olympics. He then went on to win gold in the 10,000m and silver in the 5,000m at 2017 World Championships. Soon after these Championships, he switched his focus to running marathons.
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2010