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Dutch athlete (born 2002)
Xavi Mo-Ajok
Xavi Mo-Ajok in 2024
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 6.69 (Apeldoorn, 2024)
100m: 10.26 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023)
200m: 20.59 (Oordegem, 2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome 4×100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn 4x100 m relay

Xavi Mo-Ajok (born 16 September 2002) is a Dutch sprinter. He has won Dutch national indoor titles over 60 metres and 200 metres. He won silver at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay.

Career

He was a silver medalist at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn in the 4 x 100 metres relay. In 2022, he became Dutch indoor champion over 200 metres in Apeldoorn. In 2023, he was included with the Dutch relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

In February 2024, he became Dutch indoor champion over 60 metres in Apeldoorn. He ran as part of the Dutch 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.

He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay in Rome in June 2024.

Personal life

He is from Hoogvliet, near Rotterdam. He competed as a judoka before concentrating on sprinting.

References

  1. "Xavi Mo-Ajok". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. "European U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. "Dutch Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. "Hassan and Bol feature on Dutch team for WCH Budapest 23". World Athletics. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. "Sprint veteran Churandy Martina (39) wants to go to the Games with Xavi Mo-Ajok (21): 'It's time for the young boys'". parool.nl. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. "Great performance by TeamNL during the first day of the World Championship relay". Runnersworld. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. "Van judoka tot de snelste man van Nederland: Xavi Mo-Ajok droomt van Olympische Spelen". ad.nl. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ""oud judoka" Xavi Joy Mo-Ajok van "de Korte" judoka tot snelste man van Nederland". Dekorte.nl. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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