Whos Mohamed Sbihi Group GB flag bearer and Olympic gold medallist

MOE SBIHI was named as Group GB’s first Muslim flagbearer and has urged the UK’s Islamic inhabitants to comply with him into sport.

However who’s he? Here is all you must know…

Mohamed is Group GB’s first muslim Olympic flagbearerCredit score: PA

Who’s Mohamed Sbihi? 

Mohamed Sbihi, 33, is an Olympic rower who was born in Kingston upon Thames to a British mom and a Moroccan father.

He studied Sport Science with Well being, Diet & Train at St. Mary’s College Faculty, Twickenham on a sports activities scholarship and performed each basketball and soccer.

On the age of 15 he was noticed by a expertise scout and joined the GB Rowing World Class Begin programme.

He has been chosen as Team GB’s flagbearer for the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony.

Sbihi mentioned: “It’s an enormous honour and a giant deal.

“To be the primary particular person of the Muslim religion to have that position and duties is a really proud second.

“I hope that it has the affect we wish. This staff has been extremely numerous and inclusive for a very long time. This isn’t an in a single day factor.

“I used to be in London and Rio with Mo Farah, to see the achievements he did as a refugee who got here to this nation at a really younger age. 

“However it’s wonderful to be the primary and I really feel very fortunate to have been chosen.

“I’ve all the time mentioned we want extra numbers and illustration and hopefully this can assist begin that means of getting younger Muslim children concerned in sport, particularly rowing.”

What number of Olympic medals has Mohamed Sbihi received?  London

In 2012 Mohamed competed at his first Olympic Games in London and was a part of the British crew that received the bronze medal within the eight.

Rio 

In 2016 Mohamed was a part of the GB coxless 4.

They received the gold medal within the occasion â€" Britain’s fifth consecutive win.

Sbihi is just not defending his title in Tokyo however has been picked to signify Team GB within the males’s eight.

What different medals has Mohamed Sbihi received?

In 2013, he was a part of the boys’s eight that received gold on the World Rowing Championships. 

In 2014, he received two gold medals within the coxless 4 â€"  on the European Rowing Championships in Belgrade and the World Championships in Amsterdam.

In 2015, he received gold on the World Championships for the third consecutive 12 months.

Two years later he received bronze on the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida.

He then received a bronze medal on the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as a part of the eight.

In 2021 he received a European gold medal within the eight in Varese, Italy.

Is Mohamed Sbihi married?

Mohamed has been married for various years to his spouse, Rachael. 

Moe credit Rachael with conserving his Olympic dream alive and kicking.

Speaking on behalf of The Official Property Agent of Group GB, Purplebricks, he mentioned: “She has seen via my false bravado when a poor outcome is available in and sees that it hurts me.

“She jogged my memory that the postponement offers me a implausible alternative.

“She instructed me I couldn’t give up, I couldn’t cease now due to the work I’ve put in.”

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