Mohamed Karim Sbihi, known as Moe Sbihi, is a British rower born on 27 March 1988 in Kingston upon Thames to a British mother and a Moroccan father. He was spotted by a talent identification programme at the age of 15 and joined the GB Rowing World Class Start programme, after playing football and basketball. He is a three-time Olympian: bronze in the men's eight at London 2012, gold in the coxless four at Rio 2016, which was Britain's fifth consecutive gold in that event, and bronze in the eight again at Tokyo 2020. He also won world championship gold in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2017. He was one of two British flag bearers at the Tokyo opening ceremony and the first Muslim to carry the flag for Great Britain.
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Mohamed Karim Sbihi (born 27 March 1988) is a British rower.
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Mohamed Karim Sbihi (born 27 March 1988) is a British rower.
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He won a gold medal in the coxless four at 2016 Rio Olympics, and at the 2012 London Olympics he was in the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight. He returned to the eight for the 2020 Tokyo games, again winning bronze.
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the eight.
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Career, Rio
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sbihi was part of the GB coxless four.
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He returned to the eight for the 2020 Tokyo games, again winning bronze.
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